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Question 658062: If five of the twenty farms will be randomly selected, what is the probability that all corn fields will be selected for the experiment? There are a total of 9 corn farms out of the overall 20.
Answer by stanbon(75887)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
If five of the twenty farms will be randomly selected, what is the probability that all corn fields will be selected for the experiment? There are a total of 9 corn farms out of the overall 20.
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# of ways to succeed: 9C5
# of possible outcomes: 20C5
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Ans: 9C5/20C5 = 0.0081
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Cheers,
Stan H.

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