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Brrunno
1 month ago
7

A shipment of 7 television sets contains 2 defective sets. A hotel makes a random purchase of 3 of the sets. If x is the number

of defective sets purchased by the hotel, find the probability distribution of X. Express the results graphically as a probability histogram.

Mathematics
1 answer:
zzz [12.3K]1 month ago
3 0
The probability distribution is as follows: X: 0 1 2; f(X): 2/7 4/7 1/7.
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