SOLUTION: An IRS auditor randomly selects 3 tax returns from 61 tax returns of which 9 contain errors. What is the probability that she selects all those containing errors? This is unusual p

Question 1153209: An IRS auditor randomly selects 3 tax returns from 61 tax returns of which 9 contain errors. What is the probability that she selects all those containing errors? This is unusual probability?
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An IRS auditor randomly selects 3 tax returns from 61 tax returns of which 9 contain errors. What is the probability that she selects all those containing errors? This is unusual probability?
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An IRS auditor randomly selects 3 tax returns from 61 tax returns of which 9 contain errors. What is the probability that she selects containing errors? This is unusual probability?



(9/61)*(8/60)*(7/59) = 504/215940 = 0.00233



I wouldn't call the probability "unusual."   Perhaps better is to say there is a very low probability (or, the event is highly unlikely).   If she repeated the process 1000 times, only about twice will she select three errored returns.

 

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