Arguably, the top 5 race horses in U. S. history are Secretariat (S), Man O'War (M), Citation (C), War Admiral (W), and Seabiscuit (B). Required:
a. Use this information to determine the number of possible samples (without replacement) of size 22 that can be obtained from the population of size 55.
b. If a simple random sampling procedure is to be employed, the chances that any particular sample will be the one selected are:

a) 10

b) 0.1 = 10%

Step-by-step explanation:

The combinations formula is used to solve this question, since the horses are chosen without replacement.

Combinations formula:

is the number of different combinations of x objects from a set of n elements, given by the following formula.

a. Use this information to determine the number of possible samples (without replacement) of size 2 that can be obtained from the population of size 5.

Combinations of 2 objects from a set of 5. So

b. If a simple random sampling procedure is to be employed, the chances that any particular sample will be the one selected are:________

In this procedure, the samples are all equally as likely to be chosen.

So

1/10 = 0.1 = 10%