document.write( "Question 993967: A container contains 15 diesel engines. The company chooses 7 engines at random, and will not ship the container if any of the engines chosen are defective. Find the probability that a container will be shipped even though it contains 2 defectives if the sample size is 7. \n" ); document.write( "
Algebra.Com's Answer #613161 by stanbon(75887)![]() ![]() ![]() You can put this solution on YOUR website! A container contains 15 diesel engines. The company chooses 7 engines at random, and will not ship the container if any of the engines chosen are defective. Find the probability that a container will be shipped even though it contains 2 defectives if the sample size is 7. \n" ); document.write( "----- \n" ); document.write( "# of ways to succeed:: 13C7 \n" ); document.write( "# of random sets of 7:: 15C7 \n" ); document.write( "------- \n" ); document.write( "Ans: 13C7/15C7 = 0.2667 \n" ); document.write( "-------------- \n" ); document.write( "Cheers, \n" ); document.write( "Stan H. \n" ); document.write( "----------- \n" ); document.write( " |