Five equally qualified individuals consisting of four men and one woman apply for two identical positions in a company. The two positions are filled by selecting two from this applicant pool at...

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Five equally qualified individuals consisting of four men and one woman apply for two identical positions in a company. The two positions are filled by selecting two from this applicant pool at random.


(i) Write down the sample space S for this random experiment;


(ii) Assign probabilities to the simple events in the sample space S;


(iii) Find the probability that the woman applicant is selected for a position.

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David answered on Dec 26 2021
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Let the 4 men are denoted by and 1 woman is denoted by
Two positions need to be filled.
1)
S
ample Space S =
2)
Total number of possible selections for two positions = Number of events in the sample space = 10
Probability of each event in the sample space
=
3)
Probability that...
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