Among 10 applicants for an open position, 6 are females and 4 are males. Suppose three applicants are randomly selected from the applicant pool for final interviews. Find the probability distribution for X, the number of female applicants among the final three.
Among 10 applicants for an open position, 6 are females and 4 are males. Suppose three applicants are randomly selected from the applicant pool for final interviews. Find the probability distribution for X, the number of female applicants among the final three.
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1) Among 10 applicants for an open position, 6 are females and 4 are males. Suppose three applicants are randomly selected from the applicant pool for final interviews.
Find the probability distribution for X, the number of female applicants among the final three.
2) 2) Four microchips are to be placed in a computer. Two of the four chips are randomly selected for inspection before assembly of the computer.
Let X denotes the number of defective chips found among the two chips inspected. Find the probability distribution for X if
a) Two of the microchips were defective.
b) One of the four microchips was defective.
c) None of the microchips was defective
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