A Debate Team of 4 Members for a High School

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Short Answer

A debate team of 4 members for a high school will be chosen randomly from a potential group of 15 students.Ten of the 15 students have no prior competition experience while the others have some degree of experience.What is the probability that exactly half of the members chosen for the team have some prior competition experience?

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Definitions:

Settle

To establish a residence or community in a new place.

Black Legend

A historiographical term that refers to a style of tendentious, subjective historical writing or propaganda that demonizes the Spanish Empire, its people, and its culture, minimizing positive achievements and magnifying negative aspects of Spanish colonial rules, particularly in the Americas.

North American Empire

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Liberty

The quality or state of being free; the power to do as one pleases, free from oppressive restrictions imposed by authority on one's way of life, behavior, or political views.