SOLUTION: In a shipment of 2,500 video games, 97 are defective. If a person buys two games, what is the probability that both are defective?
A. 0.001
B. 0.077
C. 0.002
D. 0.039
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-> SOLUTION: In a shipment of 2,500 video games, 97 are defective. If a person buys two games, what is the probability that both are defective?
A. 0.001
B. 0.077
C. 0.002
D. 0.039
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Question 863311: In a shipment of 2,500 video games, 97 are defective. If a person buys two games, what is the probability that both are defective?
A. 0.001
B. 0.077
C. 0.002
D. 0.039 Found 2 solutions by ewatrrr, richwmiller:Answer by ewatrrr(24785) (Show Source):
Hi
p(def) = 97/2500
buys two games,
P(both def) = = .0015 = .002
0r
P(both def) = = .00149
So very close: would agree .001 more politically correct
if the particular vendor had the entire shipment.
