A biotechnology company produced 206 doses of somatropin, including 9 which were defective. Quality control test 15 samples at random, and rejects the batch if any of the random samples are found defective. What is the probability that the batch gets rejected?

A biotechnology company produced 206 doses of somatropin, including 9 which were defective. Quality control test 15 samples at random, and rejects the batch if any of the random samples are found defective. What is the probability that the batch gets rejected?

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A biotechnology company produced
206 doses of somatropin, including 9 which
were defective. Quality control test 15 samples
at random, and rejects the batch if any of the
random samples are found defective. What is
the probability that the batch gets rejected?

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