After being rejected for employment, Kim Kelly learns that the Bellevue Credit Company has hired only two women among the last 21 new employees. She also learns that the pool of applicants is very large, with an approximately equal number of qualified men as qualified women. Help her address the charge of gender discrimination by finding the probability of getting two or fewer women when 21 people are hired, assuming that there is no discrimination based on gender. You may answer as a decimal or in scientific notation, but provide at least three significant digits in your answer. P(at most two)

After being rejected for employment, Kim Kelly learns that the Bellevue Credit Company has hired only two women among the last 21 new employees. She also learns that the pool of applicants is very large, with an approximately equal number of qualified men as qualified women. Help her address the charge of gender discrimination by finding the probability of getting two or fewer women when 21 people are hired, assuming that there is no discrimination based on gender. You may answer as a decimal or in scientific notation, but provide at least three significant digits in your answer. P(at most two)

A First Course in Probability (10th Edition)

10th Edition

ISBN:9780134753119

Author:Sheldon Ross

Publisher:Sheldon Ross

Chapter1: Combinatorial Analysis

Section: Chapter Questions

Problem 1.1P: a. How many different 7-place license plates are possible if the first 2 places are for letters and...

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