In Oman Oil, Plant I employs 5 production and 3 maintenance engineers; another plant of the same organization employs 4 production and 5 maintenance engineers. From any of these plants, a single selection of two engineers fromeither of the plants is made. Find the probability that one of them wo be the production engineer and the other maintenance engineer.

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In Oman Oil, Plant I employs 5 production and 3 maintenance engineers; another plant of the same
organization employs 4 production and 5 maintenance engineers. From any of these plants, a single
selection of two engineers from either of the plants is made. Find the probability that one of them would
be the production engineer and the other maintenance engineer.
Transcribed Image Text:In Oman Oil, Plant I employs 5 production and 3 maintenance engineers; another plant of the same organization employs 4 production and 5 maintenance engineers. From any of these plants, a single selection of two engineers from either of the plants is made. Find the probability that one of them would be the production engineer and the other maintenance engineer.
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