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rahulg
 
Reply Tue 14 Mar, 2017 06:50 am
40 samples were drawn from a lot of 300 containing 6 defectives. What's the probability of drawing at least 2 defectives?
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Kolyo
 
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Reply Tue 14 Mar, 2017 05:10 pm
Hint: it's easiest to figure out the probability of less than 2 defectives.
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ekename
 
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Reply Tue 14 Mar, 2017 10:15 pm
@rahulg,
Use the hypergeometric distribution and solve 1 - {P(X=0) + P(X=1)}.

https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/media/math/render/svg/ddcbe164abf391cb48b70090c9a3f20038dd987b

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hypergeometric_distribution
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