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A package contains 10 pens, three of which are defective. If two pens are selected at random, find the probability of getting one defective pen?
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\n" ); document.write( "P(defective) = 3/10
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\n" ); document.write( "P(not-defective) = 7/10
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\n" ); document.write( "Binomial Problem with n = 2 and p = 0.3
\n" ); document.write( "P(x = 1) = 2C1(0.3)(0.7) = 2*0.21 = 0.42
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