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Question 214828: The question: In a shipment of 8 room air conditioners, there are 3 with defective thermostats. Two air conditioners will be selected at random and inspected. Find the probability that both are defective
I started to do the below:
8 ac. 3 are defective. 2 will be selected at random. 2 defective.
3/8 = .375
(3) * (5 )
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