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document.write( "Three men and four women are waiting to be interviewed for jobs and selected in random order.  Find P(second interviewed is a woman) as a decimal to 3 places.     \r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Number of possible pairs: 3*4 = 12<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Number of pairs where the 2nd person selected is a woman: 6<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "P(2nd intereviewed is a woman) = 6/12 = 1/2<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "If you are looking for \"the 1st interviewed is a man and 2nd is a woman\"<BR>\n" );
document.write( "the answer is 3/12 = 1/4<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Cheers,<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Stan H. </SPAN>\n" );
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