A company that has 200 employees chooses a committee of 5 to represent employee retirement issues. When

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A company that has 200 employees chooses a committee of 5 to represent employee retirement issues. When the committee is formed, none of the 56 minority employees are selected.

(a) Use technology to find the number of ways 5 employees can be chosen from 200.

(b) Use technology to find the number of ways 5 employees can be chosen from 144 non-minorities.

(c) What is the probability that the committee contains no minorities when the committee is chosen randomly (without bias)?

(d) Does your answer to part (c) indicate that the committee selection is biased? Explain your reasoning.

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Elementary Statistics Picturing The World

ISBN: 9781292260464

7th Global Edition

Authors: Betsy Farber, Ron Larson

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