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\n" ); document.write( "Out of 20 students in a statistics class 3 students are failing in the course. If 4 students from the class
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document.write( "    P =  =  =  =  = 0.4211.     ANSWER\r\n" );
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document.write( "The denominator is the number of different quadruples to choose from 20 students - the space of events.\r\n" );
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document.write( "The numerator is the number of those quadruples, that consist of one of 3 failed students and three of remaining 17 students.\r\n" );
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