SOLUTION: A board of directors consists of eight men and four women. A four-member search committee is to be chosen at random to recommend a new company president. What is the probability th

SOLUTION: A board of directors consists of eight men and four women. A four-member search committee is to be chosen at random to recommend a new company president. What is the probability th

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Question 468726: A board of directors consists of eight men and four women. A four-member search committee is to be chosen at random to recommend a new company president. What is the probability that all four members of the search committee will be women?
A) 1/120 or 0.00083
B) 1/16 or 0.0625
C) 1/8 or 0.125
D) 1/495 or 0.002

Answer by jorel1380(3719) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
4/12x3/11x2/10x1/9=1/3x1/9x1/5x3/11=3/1485=1/495=.002..
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