Medicine and Clinical Studies
A physician routinely visits a local nursing home on Thursday mornings to examine patients. Suppose the facility has 20 residents, but the physician only has time to check 8. The supervisor places 8 random patients on an ordered list and presents the schedule to the physician
a. How many different schedules are possible?
b. If there are 15 women and 5 men in the facility, what is the probability that all appointments will be with women?