Ten percent of the corporate managers at Axolotl Industries majored in humanities.What is the probability that the first humanities major is the fifth manager you meet?
A) .0656
B) .8561
C) .5904
D) .4095

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This is a geometric probability problem where the probability of success (meeting a humanities major) is 0.1. The probability that the first success occurs on the fifth trial is given by (0.9)^4 * 0.1 = 0.0656.

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