SOLUTION: suppose there are five defective egg in shipment of a dozen. if four are randomly chosen what is the probability that exactly two are defective, at least one is defective?

Question 972268: suppose there are five defective egg in shipment of a dozen. if four are randomly chosen what is the probability that exactly two are defective, at least one is defective?

Answer by Fombitz(32388) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
There are 6 combinations with 2 out of 4 eggs are defective.

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Work it backwards, find the probability that none are defective.

So then,

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