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Algebra.Com's Answer #839415 by ikleyn(52800)![]() ![]() You can put this solution on YOUR website! . \n" ); document.write( "A shipment of 105 laptops contains 5 defective laptops. A quality control specialist chooses a sample of 10 laptops from the shipment. \n" ); document.write( "(a) How many possible choices of 10 laptops can be made? \n" ); document.write( "(b) How many of these possible selections will not contain any defective laptops? \n" ); document.write( "(c) How many of the possible selections will contain at least one defective laptop? \n" ); document.write( "(d) How many of the possible selections will contain exactly one defective laptop? \n" ); document.write( "~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~\r \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( " In the post by @MathLover1, the solutions, the numbers and the answers \n" ); document.write( " to (b), (c) and (d) are incorrect.\r \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( " I came to bring a correct solution.\r \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( " \r\n" ); document.write( "(a) How many possible choices of 10 laptops can be made?\r\n" ); document.write( "\r\n" ); document.write( " C(105,10) = 28848458598960.\r\n" ); document.write( "\r\n" ); document.write( "\r\n" ); document.write( "\r\n" ); document.write( "(b) How many of these possible selections will not contain any defective laptops?\r\n" ); document.write( "\r\n" ); document.write( " C((105-5),10) = C(100,10) = 17310309456440.\r\n" ); document.write( "\r\n" ); document.write( " It is the number of all possible combinations of 10 laptops from 105-5 = 100 good laptops.\r\n" ); document.write( "\r\n" ); document.write( "\r\n" ); document.write( "\r\n" ); document.write( "(c) How many of the possible selections will contain at least one defective laptop?\r\n" ); document.write( "\r\n" ); document.write( " C(105,10) - C(100,10) = 28848458598960 - 17310309456440 = 11538149142520.\r\n" ); document.write( "\r\n" ); document.write( " From the total number of all possible combinations of 10 laptops from 105 laptops, \r\n" ); document.write( " we subtract the number of all possible combinations of 10 laptops from 105-5 = 100 good laptops.\r\n" ); document.write( "\r\n" ); document.write( "\r\n" ); document.write( "\r\n" ); document.write( "(d) How many of the possible selections will contain exactly one defective laptop?\r\n" ); document.write( "\r\n" ); document.write( " C(5,1)*C(100,9) = 5*1902231808400 = 9511159042000.\r\n" ); document.write( "\r\n" ); document.write( " In this assignment, we combine 1 defective laptop from 5 defectives laptops\r\n" ); document.write( " with 9 good laptops from 105-5 = 100 good laptops.\r\n" ); document.write( "\r \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "Solved (correctly).\r \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( " |