SOLUTION: Find the probability of the following events. Getting a defective item when two items are randomly selected from a box of two defective and three non-defective items

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Question 1189899: Find the probability of the following events.
Getting a defective item when two items are randomly selected from a box of two defective and three non-defective items

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Find the probability of the following events.
Getting a defective item when two items are randomly selected from a box of two defective and three non-defective items
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With replacement:
(2/5)*(2/5) = 4/25
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Without replacement:
(2/5)*(1/4)