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1. An investment counselor would like to meet with 12 of his clients on Monday, but he has time for only 8 appointments. How many different combinations of the clients could be considered for inclusion into his limited schedule for that day?

2. The U.S. Department of Labor has reported that 30% of the 2.1 million mathematical and computer scientists in the United States are women. If 3 individuals are randomly selected from this occupational group, and x = the number of females, determine P(x=0), P(x=1), P(x=2), and P(x=3).

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The expert examines the combinations of the clients to consider for inclusion into his limited schedule for a day. A complete, neat and step-by-step solution is provided.

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(1) In this problem, we have to select 8 clients out of 12 clients for the Monday appointment. Therefore, 12C8 selections ...

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