There are 40 pairs of gloves in Bills’ glove basket, but the 80 individual gloves are completely mixed up. a. If 20 gloves are randomly selected, find the probability they include Bills’ favorite pair of gloves. b. If 20 gloves are randomly selected, what is the probability that at most one glove from each of the 40 pairs will be picked? (Remember, a left glove is different from a right glove.)

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There are 40 pairs of gloves in Bills’ glove basket, but the 80 individual gloves are completely mixed up.
a. If 20 gloves are randomly selected, find the probability they include Bills’ favorite pair of gloves.
b. If 20 gloves are randomly selected, what is the probability that at most one glove from each of the
40 pairs will be picked? (Remember, a left glove is different from a right glove.)

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