A technician is launching fireworks near the end of a show. Of the remaining twelve fireworks, five are blue and seven are red. If he launches five of them in a random order, what is the probability that exactly two of them are blue ones?

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Chapter11: Data Analysis And Probability
Section11.8: Probabilities Of Disjoint And Overlapping Events
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A technician is launching fireworks near
the end of a show. Of the remaining
twelve fireworks, five are blue and seven
are red. If he launches five of them in a
random order, what is the probability that
exactly two of them are blue ones?
) A gardener has fifteen identical-looking
tulip bulhs, of which eight will produce
hotulips and seven will become pink.
He randonly salects and plants of
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