A shipment of chemicals arrives in 15 totes. Three of the

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Problem 186SE

A shipment of chemicals arrives in 15 totes. Three of the totes are selected at random without replacement for an inspection of purity. If two of the totes do not conform to purity requirements, what is the probability that at least one of the nonconforming totes is selected in the sample?

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QUESTION:

Problem 186SE

A shipment of chemicals arrives in 15 totes. Three of the totes are selected at random without replacement for an inspection of purity. If two of the totes do not conform to purity requirements, what is the probability that at least one of the nonconforming totes is selected in the sample?

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Solution 186SE

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Let us consider a random variable X it presents the number of totes that are impure. Also we have N = 15, r = 2, and n = 3.

We need to find the probability that at least one of the nonconforming totes is selected in the sample.


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