You are administering a contract and there are 90 total applicants. To befair, the contract will be given at random. Of all the potential contractingcompanies, 48 are headed by men and 42 by women. What is theprobability that a contract goes to a woman?O 24/45O 1/2O 7/15

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You are administering a contract and there are 90 total applicants. To be fair, the contract will be given at random. Of all the potential contracting companies, 48 are headed by men and 42 by women. What is the probability that a contract goes to a woman? O 24/45 O 1/2 O 7/15