Question

Three men and seven women have been shortlisted for the post of HR Manager. What is the probability of a man getting the job?

Answer 1

SOLUTION

GIVEN

Three men and seven women have been shortlisted for the post of HR Manager.

TO DETERMINE

The probability of a man getting the job

EVALUATION

Here it is given that three men and seven women have been shortlisted for the post of HR Manager.

So total number of candidates = 3 + 7 = 10

So total number of possible outcomes = 10

Let A be the event that a man getting the job

Since there are 3 men in shortlisted for the post of HR Manager

Then the total number of possible outcomes for the event A is 3

So the required probability

= P(A)

$\displaystyle \sf{ = \frac{3}{10} }$

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