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correct. i don't understand why the probability of choosing a women in the first group is 1/2. i thought that there was 21 people in total at the party, and there are a total of 9 people in group one. so she has a 9/21 chance of picking someone in group 1, since group 1 and group 2 are mixed together in a room?

it makes sense since there are more people in group 1 so there is a greater chance of picking someone from group 1 in comparison to group 2. not a half chance of picking someone in group 1 or group 2. if they were separated into two rooms then it would make sense, but not alltogether.
 
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"There are two groups of people *at a part*..."
*at a park?
*apart?

I'm assuming its "There are 2 groups of people APART..."
 
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keep in mind, i do extra steps so u can see the light




FOR THE BOLDED PART - can u show me ur working out?
So i see you have used product rule? Can you not just move the 2 to the front and have to find d/dx of x^2 + 32 loge (5-x) ?
 

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So i see you have used product rule? Can you not just move the 2 to the front and have to find d/dx of x^2 + 32 loge (5-x) ?
ln(5-x)^2 = [ln(5-x)]^2

ln(5-x)^2 =/= 2ln(5-x)

However,

ln[(5-x)^2] = 2ln(5-x)

Importantly,

The power must be within the logarithm, for u to apply that rule:

it'a actually at a party. so..what are your thoughts now?
just to confirm, are my answers ALL correct?

"i ) find the probability that minh approaches a person in the first group and then selects a women. "

approaches the first group

that means groups must be separate
 
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approached a person in the first group...the wording is a bit ambig..you could still approach a person in the first group if they are together.
 

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ln(5-x)^2 = [ln(5-x)]^2

ln(5-x)^2 =/= 2ln(5-x)

However,

ln[(5-x)^2] = 2ln(5-x)

Importantly,

The power must be within the logarithm, for u to apply that rule:
Thank you very much for the great explanation, btw I meant the chain rule in my original post (wasn't thinking).
 

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approached a person in the first group...the wording is a bit ambig..you could still approach a person in the first group if they are together.
"minh approaches a person in the first group and then selects a women. "

So minh chooses that particular group and then starts to pick a person
Thank you very much for the great explanation, btw I meant the chain rule in my original post (wasn't thinking).
no problems
 

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