engineering company has four openings, and the applicant pools consists of 6 database administrators and eight network engineers. All are equally qualified so the hiring will be done randomly. The hiring committee consists of 4 women and 4 men. What is the probability that the random selection of the four persons to be hired will result in 3 database administrators and 1 network engineer?

engineering company has four openings, and the applicant pools consists of 6 database administrators and eight network engineers. All are equally qualified so the hiring will be done randomly. The hiring committee consists of 4 women and 4 men. What is the probability that the random selection of the four persons to be hired will result in 3 database administrators and 1 network engineer?

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An engineering company has four openings, and the applicant pools consists of 6 database administrators and eight network engineers. All are equally qualified so the hiring will be done randomly. The hiring committee consists of 4 women and 4 men.

What is the probability that the random selection of the four persons to be hired will result in 3 database administrators and 1 network engineer?

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