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A First Course in Probability (10th Edition)

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Chapter1: Combinatorial Analysis

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Question

S is the population of the employees of a company. The distribution of the employees is based on their marital status.

If one of the employees is to be selected and granted with a scholarship at a certain university, what is the probability that an unmarried male will be chosen?

Gender
Maried
Unmarried
Total
Male
75
25
100
Female
50
50
100
Total
125
75
200

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