SOLUTION: If you have 50 computers and three of them are infected but you don't know which three. You randomly draw two computers what is the probability that you will draw two infected com

Question 365130: If you have 50 computers and three of them are infected but you don't know which three. You randomly draw two computers what is the probability that you will draw two infected computers.
I thought dividing 2/50 and getting 4%
Answer by Alan3354(69443) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
If you have 50 computers and three of them are infected but you don't know which three. You randomly draw two computers what is the probability that you will draw two infected computers.
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The 1st draw is 3/50, the 2nd is 2/49
--> 3*2/(50*49) = 3/1225

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