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Selecting Balls from an Urn An urn contains 12 numbered balls, of which 7 are red and 5 are white. A sample of 5 balls is to be selected.
(a) How many different samples are possible?
(b) How many samples contain all red balls?
(c) How many samples contain two red balls and three white balls?
(d) How many samples contain at least four red balls?
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