HP (Hewlett-Packard) 32SII Calculator User Manual


 
Real–Number Functions 4–13
File name 32sii-Manual-E-0424
Printed Date : 2003/4/24 Size : 17.7 x 25.2 cm
Example:
Combinations of People.
A company employing 14 women and 10 men is forming a six–person safety
committee. How many different combinations of people are possible
?
Keys: Display: Description:
24
6
_
Twenty–four people grouped six
at a time.
{
[PROB]
Q8T
Q8T

Probability menu.
{
Q
,
T
}
8)
Total number of combinations
possible.
If employees are chosen at random, what is the probability that the committee
will contain six women
?
To find the probability of an event, divide the number
of combinations for that event by the total number of combinations.
Keys: Display: Description:
14
6
_
Fourteen worriers grouped six
at a time.
{
[PROB] {
Q
,
T
}
8)
Number of combinations of six
women on the committee.
Z
8)
Brings total number of
combinations back into the
X–register.
p
)
Divides combinations of
women by total combinations
to find probability that any one
combination would have all
warriors.