A company has 250 employees chose a committee of 14 to represent employee retirement issues, when the committee is formed none of the 56 minority employees are selected. A,  Use technology to find the number of ways 14 employees can be chosen from 250. B. Use technology to find out the number of ways 14 employees can be chosen from 194 non minorities C. What is the probability that the committee contains no minorities when the committee is chosen randomly ( with out bias) D. Does your answer to (C) indicate that the committee selection is biased? Explain your reasoning

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A company has 250 employees chose a committee of 14 to represent employee retirement issues, when the committee is formed none of the 56 minority employees are selected.

A,  Use technology to find the number of ways 14 employees can be chosen from 250.

B. Use technology to find out the number of ways 14 employees can be chosen from 194 non minorities

C. What is the probability that the committee contains no minorities when the committee is chosen randomly ( with out bias)

D. Does your answer to (C) indicate that the committee selection is biased? Explain your reasoning 

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