2. lab groups of three are to be randomly formed (without replacement) from a class that contains five engineers and four non-engineers. (8pts) (a) how many different lab groups are possible

The number of different lab groups possible is 84.

Step-by-step explanation:

Given:

A class consists of 5 engineers and 4 non-engineers.

A lab groups of 3 are to be formed of these 9 students.

The problem can be solved using combinations.

Combinations is the number of ways to select k items from a group of n items without replacement. The order of the arrangement does not matter in combinations.

The combination of k items from n items is:

Compute the number of different lab groups possible as follows:

The number of ways of selecting 3 students from 9 is =

Thus, the number of different lab groups possible is 84.

c.   x=2.4cm

step-by-step explanation:

similar triangles are triangles which have the same shape but not the same size. this means their angle measures are equal but their side lengths are not instead they are proportional. to solve, we will set up a proportion and solve.

a proportion is two equal ratios set equal to each other. we form the ratios by finding corresponding sides (sides which match to each other on both triangles by their position). out ratios will be one side of the small triangle over the corresponding side on the big triangle as shown below:

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to solve the proportion, we'll cross multiply by multiplying numerator with denominator across the equal sign.