At a local Chamber of Commerce, there are 8 men and 7 women present for an executive election of a president, vice-president and treasurer. Determine the probability that a women will be elected into one of the executive positions.
Given that the are 8 men and 7 women present for an election, the probability that a woman will be elected will be given by: P(Electing a woman)=[Total number of women]/[total number of candidates] =7/15 the answer is 7/15
