) A human resources director for a large corporation claims that of the 97 employees on a typical day, only 90 arrive to work on time. (a) If we take a random sample of 2 employees, what's the probability that both of them arrive on time? (b) If we take a random sample of 2 employees, what's the probability that neither of them arrive on time?

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3.) A human resources director for a large corporation claims that of the 97 employees on a typical day,
only 90 arrive to work on time.
(a) If we take a random sample of 2 employees, what's the probability that both of them arrive on time?
(b) If we take a random sample of 2 employees, what's the probability that neither of them arrive on
time?

 

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