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document.write( "of whom are equally qualified. Of these eight candidates, five are women. Suppose the<BR>\n" );
document.write( "company decides to select two persons randomly from these eight candidates.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "a. What is the probability that:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "i. Both candidate selected are women?<BR>\n" );
document.write( "ii. At least one candidate selected is a woman?<BR>\n" );
document.write( "iii. Second candidate is a woman.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "iv. First candidate is a woman given that the second candidate is a woman.<BR>\n" );
document.write( " (2 + 3 + 4 + 2 = 11 marks)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "b. Let X denote the number of women in this sample.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "i. Write the probability distribution of X.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "ii. Find the standard deviation of X </SPAN>\n" );
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