document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=1106784>Question 1106784</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> A basket contains 18<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "&#8203;eggs, 4<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "of which are cracked. If we randomly select 8<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "of the eggs for hard&#8203; boiling, what is the probability of the following&#8203; events?<BR>\n" );
document.write( "a. All of the cracked eggs are selected.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "b. None of the cracked eggs are selected.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "c. Two of the cracked eggs are selected. </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "one way is 4/18*3/17*2/16*1/15*1*1*1*1=0.0003,<BR>\n" );
document.write( "But, the numerator may be ordered in different ways, 8C4, which is 70.  The product is 0.0270\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "None cracked is way of choosing 8 from 14, or 3003. The probability is 3003/43758=0.0686\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Two of the cracked eggs are selected, 4C2*14C6/18C8, the numerator the ways to choose 2 from 4 cracked and 6 from 14.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "This is 0.4118.<BR>\n" );
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