Sarah Douds was rejected for employment from USA Credit Union. She then learned that USA Credit Union has hired only three women among the last 18 new employees. She then learned that there were a large number of applicants with an approximately equal number of qualified men as qualified women. Help her address the charge of gender discrimination by finding the probability of getting three or fewer women when 18 people are hired, assuming that there is no discrimination based on gender. (Report answer accurate to 8 decimal places). P(at most three) =

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Sarah Douds was rejected for employment from USA Credit Union. She then learned that USA Credit Union has hired only three women among the last 18 new employees. She then learned that there were a large number of applicants with an approximately equal number of qualified men as qualified women.

Help her address the charge of gender discrimination by finding the probability of getting three or fewer women when 18 people are hired, assuming that there is no discrimination based on gender.
(Report answer accurate to 8 decimal places).
P(at most three) =

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