a personal director is interviewing candidates for three identical open positions. only ten percent of the candidates are qualified. the director spends 30 minutes on each interview. however if she finds a good candidate that she wants to hire she spends an additional 15 minutes disscussing the job requirements. find the expected value of total time the entire job will take.

a personal director is interviewing candidates for three identical open positions. only ten percent of the candidates are qualified. the director spends 30 minutes on each interview. however if she finds a good candidate that she wants to hire she spends an additional 15 minutes disscussing the job requirements. find the expected value of total time the entire job will take.

A First Course in Probability (10th Edition)

10th Edition

ISBN:9780134753119

Author:Sheldon Ross

Publisher:Sheldon Ross

Chapter1: Combinatorial Analysis

Section: Chapter Questions

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