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document.write( ">>>A grocer's bin contains 7 ripe tomatoes and 9 unripened tomatoes.<<<  \r\n" );
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document.write( "So altogether there are 7+9=16 tomatoes in the grocer's bin.\r\n" );
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document.write( ">>>Three tomatoes are selected at random  (Tomatoes are not replaced).<<<\r\n" );
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document.write( "He chooses one of these 4 groups of 3 tomatoes: \r\n" );
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document.write( "0 ripe tomatoes and 3 unripened tomatoes.\r\n" );
document.write( "1 ripe tomato and 2 unripened tomatoes.\r\n" );
document.write( "2 ripe tomatoes and 1 unripened tomato.\r\n" );
document.write( "3 ripe tomatoes and 0 unripened tomatoes.\r\n" );
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document.write( ">>>Show the probability distribution for the number of ripe tomatoes.<<<\r\n" );
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document.write( "Observe that the sum of those 4 probabilities is\r\n" );
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document.write( "0.15 + 0.45 + 0.3375 + 0.0625 = 1.  That's because it is certain that one of\r\n" );
document.write( "those 4 events must occur.\r\n" );
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