SOLUTION: 3 balls are to be randomly selected without replacement from an urn containing 20 balls numbered 1-20. if we bet that at least one of the balls that are drawn has a number as large

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Question 1119460: 3 balls are to be randomly selected without replacement from an urn containing 20 balls numbered 1-20. if we bet that at least one of the balls that are drawn has a number as large than 17. What is the probability that we win the bet?
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3 balls are to be randomly selected without replacement from an urn containing 20 balls numbered 1-20.
If we bet that at least one of the balls that are drawn has a number as large than 17. What is the probability that we win the bet?
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In English, this combination of words "as large than 17" is an impossible construction, which is never used and does not carry any sense.