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Question 1179734: . A company that plans to hire one new employee has prepared a final list of six candidates, all of whom
are equally qualified. Four of these six candidates are women. If the company decides to select at random one person out of these six candidates, what is the probability that this person will be a woman? What is the probability that this person will be a man? Do these two probabilities add up to 1.0? If yes, why? Answer by ikleyn(52814) (Show Source):
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A company that plans to hire one new employee has prepared a final list of six candidates,
all of whom are equally qualified. Four of these six candidates are women. If the company decides
to select at random one person out of these six candidates,
(a) what is the probability that this person will be a woman?
(b) What is the probability that this person will be a man?
(c) Do these two probabilities add up to 1.0? If yes, why?
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