From a Group of Ten Bank Officers, Three Are Selected

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Essay

From a group of ten bank officers, three are selected at random to be relocated and to supervise new branch offices. If two of the ten officers are women and eight are men, what is the probability exactly one of the officers to be relocated will be a woman?

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Definitions:

Pinocytosis

A form of endocytosis where cells ingest extracellular fluid and its dissolved contents.

Facilitated Diffusion

The process of spontaneous passive transport of molecules or ions across a biological membrane via specific transmembrane integral proteins.

Active Exocytosis

Active exocytosis is a cellular process where substances are expelled from a cell, requiring energy for vesicles to fuse with the plasma membrane.

Chromatid

Each of the two strands of a replicated chromosome, which are joined at the centromere before cell division.