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Question 691077: A shipment of 10 replacement computer hard drives contains four that are defective. You are going to purchase two. What is the probability that one is defective?
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You can put this solution on YOUR website! A shipment of 10 replacement computer hard drives contains four that are defective. You are going to purchase two. What is the probability that
exactly one is defective?
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# of ways to succeed: 4C1*6C1 = 24
# of possible outcomes: 10C2 = 45
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P(1 is defective) = 24/45 = 0.5333
Cheers,
Stan H.
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