Affirmative Action Commitments by Industrial Organizations Have Led to an Increase

question 91

Multiple Choice

Affirmative action commitments by industrial organizations have led to an increase in the number of women in executive positions. Satellite Office Systems has vacancies for two executives that it will fill from among four women and six men. What is the probability that exactly one woman is selected?

• A) 8/15 = 0.533
• B) 3/5 = 0.60
• C) 2/3 = 0.667
• D) 3/4 = 0.75
• E) None of the choices are correct

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Definitions:

Uracil

A nitrogenous base found in RNA that pairs with adenine during RNA synthesis.

Nucleotide Bases

The building blocks of DNA and RNA molecules, consisting of adenine (A), cytosine (C), guanine (G), thymine (T), and uracil (U, in RNA).

RNA

Ribonucleic acid, a molecule essential for various biological roles, including coding, decoding, regulation, and expression of genes.

Translation

Translation is a biological process by which messenger RNA is decoded by a ribosome to produce a specific amino acid chain, or polypeptide, that will fold into an active protein.