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A husband and wife appear in an interview for two vacancies for the same post. The probability of husband’s selection is 1/7 and that of wife’s selection is 1/5. What is the probability that Both of them will be selected? Only one of them will be selected? None of them will selected?

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To solve the problem, we will calculate the probabilities for three scenarios: both the husband and wife being selected, only one of them being selected, and none of them being selected. ### Given: - Probability of husband's selection, \( P(H) = \frac{1}{7} \) - Probability of wife's selection, \( P(W) = \frac{1}{5} \) ### Step 1: Calculate the probability that both of them will be selected. ...
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