A shipment of 12 television sets contains 3 defective sets. A hotel makes a random purchase of 8 of the sets. Let X be the random variable counting the number of defective televisions in the random purchase made by the hotel. What is the probability of getting 2 defective televisions in their purchase?

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October 23, 2020 at 9:39 PM
A shipment of 12 television sets contains 3 defective sets. A hotel makes a random purchase of 8 of the sets. Let X be
the random variable counting the number of defective televisions in the random purchase made by the hotel. What is
the probability of getting 2 defective televisions in their purchase?
Transcribed Image Text:Window Help 目 Aa October 23, 2020 at 9:39 PM A shipment of 12 television sets contains 3 defective sets. A hotel makes a random purchase of 8 of the sets. Let X be the random variable counting the number of defective televisions in the random purchase made by the hotel. What is the probability of getting 2 defective televisions in their purchase?
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