Candidate
Six Candidates for a New Position of Vice-President for Academic

question 14

Short Answer

Candidate
Six candidates for a new position of vice-president for academic affairs have been selected.Three of the candidates are female.The candidates' years of experience are as follows: $$\begin{array} { | c | c | } \hline \text { Candidate } & \text { Experience } \\\hline \text { Female 1 } & 5 \\\text { Female 2 } & 9 \\\text { Female 3 } & 11 \\\text { Male 1 } & 6 \\\text { Male 2 } & 4 \\\text { Male 3 } & 8 \\\hline\end{array}$$ Suppose one of the candidates is selected at random.Define the following events:
A = person selected has 9 years experience.
B = person selected is a female.
Are events A and B independent? Explain using probability.

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Inverse Ratio

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