document.write( "Question 1118592: Jacobs & Johnson, an accounting firm, employs 15 accountants, of whom 9 are CPAs. If a delegation of 3 accountants is randomly selected from the firm to attend a conference, what is the probability that 3 CPAs will be selected? (Round your answer to three decimal places.)
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document.write( "The probability is the ratio  \"C%5B9%5D%5E3%2FC%5B15%5D%5E3\".\r\n" );
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document.write( "Here \"C%5Bn%5D%5Ek\" is the number of combinations of n objects taken k at a time.\r\n" );
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document.write( "When solving such problems, you must know what are these numbers and how to calculate them.\r\n" );
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