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nramada

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A population of 10 items contains 3 that are red and 7 that are green. What is the probability that in a random sample of 3 items selected without replacement, 2 red and 1 green items are selected?
 
  A) 0.175
  B) 0.086
  C) 0.124
  D) 0.211

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Consider a situation in which a used-car lot contains five Fords, four General Motors (GM) cars, and five Toyotas. If five cars are selected at random to be placed on a special sale, what is the probability that three are Fords and two are GMs?
 
  A) 0.09
  B) 0.03
  C) 0.04
  D) 0.06


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qytan

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Reply #1 on: Jun 24, 2018
Answer to Question 1

A

Answer to Question 2

B


nramada

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Reply 2 on: Jun 24, 2018
Great answer, keep it coming :)

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Thanks for the timely response, appreciate it

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