If a group of 5 employees are chosen at random, what is the probability that there are exactly 2 senior executives in the group?

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A small company has 55 employees, of which 4 are senior executives, 15 are managers and the remaining 36 are in non-executive non-managerial roles. The TV program "60 minutes" wants to do a program on the company and will interview 5 employees for that purpose. If a group of 5 employees are chosen at random, what is the probability that there are exactly 2 senior executives in the group?

(Round your answer to three decimal places.)

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