A shelf in the Metro Department Store contains 100 colored ink cartridges for a popular ink-jet printer. Six of the cartridges are defective. (a) If a customer selects 2 cartridges at random from the shelf, what is the probability that both are defective
A shelf in the Metro Department Store contains 100 colored ink cartridges for a popular ink-jet printer. Six of the cartridges are defective. (a) If a customer selects 2 cartridges at random from the shelf, what is the probability that both are defective
Holt Mcdougal Larson Pre-algebra: Student Edition 2012
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Chapter11: Data Analysis And Probability
Section11.8: Probabilities Of Disjoint And Overlapping Events
Problem 2C
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A shelf in the Metro Department Store contains 100 colored ink cartridges for a popular ink-jet printer. Six of the cartridges are defective.
(a) If a customer selects 2 cartridges at random from the shelf, what is the probability that both are defective? (Round your answer to five decimal places.)
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