SOLUTION: randomly selecting 3 cans of regular and diet cola, but assume that there are 9 cans of regular cola and 7 cans of diet cola. (1) What is the probability that 3 cans of regular

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Question 344107: randomly selecting 3 cans of regular and diet cola, but assume that there are 9 cans of regular cola and 7 cans of diet cola.
(1) What is the probability that 3 cans of regular cola are selected?

(2) What is the probability that 0 cans of regular cola are selected, i.e., 3 cans of diet cola are selected.?

(1) What is the probability that 2 cans of regular cola and 1 can of diet cola are selected?
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I'll just give you the formula so that you can answer all three yourself:

The probability of successes in trials where is the probability of success on any given trial is given by:



Where is the number of combinations of things taken at a time and is calculated by

(1) , , and

(2) , , and

(3) , , and

Computational hints:







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