SOLUTION: A customer from Cavallaro's Fruit Stand picks a sample of 3 oranges at random from a crate containing 65 oranges, of which 4 are rotten. What is the probability that the sample con

Question 528358: A customer from Cavallaro's Fruit Stand picks a sample of 3 oranges at random from a crate containing 65 oranges, of which 4 are rotten. What is the probability that the sample contains 1 or more rotten oranges? (Round your answer to three decimal places.)
Answer by stanbon(75887) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
A customer from Cavallaro's Fruit Stand picks a sample of 3 oranges at random from a crate containing 65 oranges, of which 4 are rotten. What is the probability that the sample contains 1 or more rotten oranges? (Round your answer to three decimal places.)
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P(1 to 4 rotten oranges ) = 1 - P(no rotten oranges)
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Binomial Problem with n = 3 and p(rotten) = 4/65
= 1 - (61/65)^4
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= 1 - 0.7757
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= 0.2243
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Cheers,
Stan H.
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