document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=1183692>Question 1183692</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> A lot consists of 20 defective and 80 non-defective items from which two items<BR>\n" );
document.write( "are chosen without replacement. Events A & B are defined as A = the first item<BR>\n" );
document.write( "chosen is defective, B = the second item chosen is defective<BR>\n" );
document.write( "a.	What is the probability that both items are defective?<BR>\n" );
document.write( "b.	What is the probability that the second item is defective?<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "b.	What is the probability that the second item is defective?<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Notice that in your  post I took off the part which is irrelevant to its contents and shadows its true meaning.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "(a)  P = <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=%2820%2F100%29%2A%2819%2F99%29 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"%2820%2F100%29%2A%2819%2F99%29\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > = <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=19%2F%285%2A99%29 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"19%2F%285%2A99%29\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > = <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=19%2F495 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"19%2F495\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > = 0.038384    (rounded).    <U>ANSWER</U>\r\n" );
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