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Question 365130: If you have 50 computers and three of them are infected but you don't know which three. You randomly draw two computers what is the probability that you will draw two infected computers.
I thought dividing 2/50 and getting 4%

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If you have 50 computers and three of them are infected but you don't know which three. You randomly draw two computers what is the probability that you will draw two infected computers.
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The 1st draw is 3/50, the 2nd is 2/49
--> 3*2/(50*49) = 3/1225