SOLUTION: A shipment of 50 parts contains 11 defective parts. Suppose 3 parts are selected at random, without replacement, from the shipment. What is the probability that all 3 parts are de

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Question 1133577: A shipment of 50 parts contains 11 defective parts. Suppose 3 parts are selected at random, without replacement, from the shipment. What is the probability that all 3 parts are defective?

Answer by Boreal(15235)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
first one probability is 11/50
second is 10/49
third is 9/48
product of three is the answer: 0.0084

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