A Board of Directors Consists of Eight Men and Four

question 18

Multiple Choice

A board of directors consists of eight men and four women. A four-member search committee is randomly chosen to recommend a new company president. What is the probability that all four members of the search committee will be women?

• A) 1/120 or 0.00083
• B) 1/16 or 0.0625
• C) ⅛ or 0.125
• D) 1/495 or 0.002

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