SOLUTION: A director of selection committee is biased so that he selects his relatives for a job 2 times as likely as others.If there are 2 posts for a job, find probability of selection of
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Question 930609: A director of selection committee is biased so that he selects his relatives for a job 2 times as likely as others.If there are 2 posts for a job, find probability of selection of his relatives.
Answer by ewatrrr(24785) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
p(relative) = 2/3, P(not a relative) = 1/3
selects 2
....
P(both relatives) = = 4/9
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