SOLUTION: In a shipment of 100 televisions, six are defective. If a person buys two TVs from that shipment, what is the probability that at least one of them is defective?

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Question 457846: In a shipment of 100 televisions, six are defective. If a person buys two TVs from that shipment, what is the probability that at least one of them is defective?
Answer by edjones(8007) About Me  (Show Source):
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94C2/100C2
=4371/4950
=.8830 probability neither is defective.
1-.8830=.1170 probability that at least one of them is defective.
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Ed