2. A real estate agent is showing homes to a prospective buyer. There are ten ho

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2. A real estate agent is showing homes to a prospective buyer. There are ten homes in the desired price range listed in the area. The buyer has time to visit only four of them. [15 points] In how many ways could the four homes be chosen if the order of visiting is considered? a. b. In how many ways could the four homes be chosen if the order is disregarded? If four of the homes are new and six have previously been occupied and if the four homes to visit are randomly chosen, what is the probability that all four are new? (The same answer results regardless of whether order is considered.) c.

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a) number of ways to select 4 out of 10 and then order them =10P4 =10!/(10-4)! =5040

b)number of ways to select 4 out of 10  10C4 =10!/(4!*(10-4)!) =210

c)probability =number of ways to selcted 4 out of 4 new house/number of ways to selcted 4 out of 10 total house

=1/210 =0.004762

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