SOLUTION: A company has 12 male and 8 female employees. They need to pick 4 for a hiring committee. a. How many hiring committees can be formed. b. Find the probability that the committ

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Question 1129405: A company has 12 male and 8 female employees. They need to pick 4 for a hiring
committee.
a. How many hiring committees can be formed.
b. Find the probability that the committee has only males.
c. Find the probability that the committee has at least one female.
d. Find the probability that the committee has 2 males and 2 females

Answer by Edwin McCravy(20056) About Me  (Show Source):
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A company has 12 male and 8 female employees. They need to pick 4 for a hiring
committee.
a. How many hiring committees can be formed.
 

b. Find the probability that the committee has only males.


c. Find the probability that the committee has at least one female.
That's 1 minus the probability that there are no females, which is
the probability that the committee has only males, which is part b,



d. Find the probability that the committee has 2 males and 2 females
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