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In a hockey team there are 6 defenders, 4 offenders and 1 goalee. Out of these, one player is to be selected randomly as a captain. Find the probability of the selection that

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A, B, C, D
The team consist of 6+4+1=11 players.
`thereforen(S)=11.`
(1) Only 1 player can be selected as goalee.
`thereforen(G)=1.`
`thereforeP(G)=(n(G))/(n(S))=(1)/(11)`
(2) There are 6 defenders.
`thereforen(D)=6`
`thereforeP(D)=(n(D))/(n(S))=(6)/(11).`
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