document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=1044187>Question 1044187</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Brent started to solve the following probability problem as shown below:\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "A shipment at a department store contains 40 alarm clocks. 4 of them are defective. If 6 alarm clocks are removed from the shipment at random, find the probability that four of them are defective.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Brent's work: C(4,4) = 4!/4!0! = 1<BR>\n" );
document.write( "What is the correct NEXT step to solve the problem?\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "A)C(40,6) = 40!/6!34! = 3,838,380<BR>\n" );
document.write( "B)P(40,6) = 40!/34! = 2,763,633,600<BR>\n" );
document.write( "C)C(36,2) = 36!/2!34! = 630<BR>\n" );
document.write( "D)P(4,4) = 4!/0! = 4 \r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Brent started to solve the following probability problem as shown below:\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "A shipment at a department store contains 40 alarm clocks. 4 of them are defective. If 6 alarm clocks <BR>\n" );
document.write( "are removed from the shipment at random, find the probability that four of them are defective.<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Brent's work: C(4,4) = 4!/4!0! = 1                <--- This line is irrelevant to the problem.\r\n" );
document.write( "What is the correct NEXT step to solve the problem?\r\n" );
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document.write( "A) C(40,6) = 40!/6!34! = 3,838,380                <--- This step is correct.\r\n" );
document.write( "B) P(40,6) = 40!/34! = 2,763,633,600\r\n" );
document.write( "C) C(36,2) = 36!/2!34! = 630\r\n" );
document.write( "D) P(4,4) = 4!/0! = 4 \r\n" );
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