SOLUTION: There are ten lottery tickets, two of which are winners. Find the probability that in a sample of 6 tickets there will be no more than one winning ticket.
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Question 370140: There are ten lottery tickets, two of which are winners. Find the probability that in a sample of 6 tickets there will be no more than one winning ticket. Answer by edjones(8007) (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website! nCr=combinayion of n things taken r at a time.
((8C5 * 2C1)+(8C6))/10C6
=((56*2)+28)/210
=2/3 the probability that in a sample of 6 tickets there will be no more than one winning ticket.
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Ed