SOLUTION: A large company that must hire a new president prepares a final list of five candidates, all of whom are equally qualified. Two of these candidates are members of a minority group.

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Question 1189114: A large company that must hire a new president prepares a final list of five candidates, all of whom are equally qualified. Two of these candidates are members of a minority group. To avoid bias in the selection of the candidate, the company decides to select the president by lottery.
a. What is the probability one of the minority candidates is hired?
b. Which concept of probability did you use to make this estimate?
Answer by ikleyn(52879) About Me  (Show Source):
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If they select using random choice,  then the probability to choose

one of the two minority from the body of  5  persons is   2%2F5 = 0.4 = 40%.             ANSWER