SOLUTION: A company is to hire two employees. They have prepared a final list of eight candidates, all of whom are equally qualified. Of these eight candidates, five are women. If the comp

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Question 1139700: A company is to hire two employees. They have prepared a final list of eight candidates, all of
whom are equally qualified. Of these eight candidates, five are women. If the company decides
to select two persons randomly from these eight candidates, what is the probability that both are
women?

Answer by ikleyn(52887) About Me  (Show Source):
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%285%2F8%29%2A%284%2F7%29 = 20%2F56 = 5%2F14.


It should be clear without further explanations.