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In a society there are 30 men and 20 women members.

What is the probability that the person selected for
the post of the president is a woman?

User Anglesvar
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Answer: 2/5

This is because there are 20 women out of 50 people total (30+20 = 50).

So 20/50 = 2/5

This converts to the decimal form 0.4 and the percentage form 40%

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