Question 1077104
5 candidates.
2 are members of a minority group.
the probability that the person selected is a minority is 2/5 = .4


the concept is that the probability of picking a candidate who is a minority is 2 out of 5 because there are 2 minority candidates out of a total of 5 candidates.

the probability of an occurrence is the number of ways you can get that occurrence devided by the number of ways you can get all occurrences.


here's simple definition from the web:


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