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Permutations and combination s probability ?

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four married couples attend a dance . For the first dance the partners for the women are randomly assigned among the men. what is the probability that at least one woman must dance with her husband

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  1. P(at least one woman must dance with her husband)

    = 1 - (d_4 / 4!)

    = 1 - (9 / 24)

    = 15 / 24

    = 5 / 8


  2. 1/(4c1)

    total no of combinations are 4c1(to assign  1 out of 4 gents to a lady )

    probablity of getting husband for dance is 1/4

  3. The probability is 15/24 = 5/8.

    5/8 = 0.625

    As the number of couples increases, the probability of at least one match approaches:

    1 - 1/e ≈ 0.632

    As you can see, it doesn't take too many pairs for the probability to be reasonably close to the limit.

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