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a. All of the cracked
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Question 658083: a basket contains 13 eggs, 4 of which are cracked. If we randomly select 6 of the eggs for hard boiling, what is the probability of the following events.
a. All of the cracked eggs are selected.
b. None of the cracked eggs are selected.
c. Two of the cracked eggs are selected. Answer by stanbon(75887) (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website! a basket contains 13 eggs, 4 of which are cracked. If we randomly select 6 of the eggs for hard boiling, what is the probability of the following events.
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a. All of the cracked eggs are selected.
Ans: [4C4*9C2]/13C6 = 0.0210
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b. None of the cracked eggs are selected.
Ans: [4C0*9C6]/13C6 = 0.0490
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c. Two of the cracked eggs are selected.
Ans: [4C2*9C4]/13C6 = 0.4406
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