A junk drawer at home contains eighteight pens, fourfour of which workwork. What is the probability that you randomly grab threethree pens from the drawer and don’t don’t end up with a pen that works? Express your answer as a fraction in lowest terms or a decimal rounded to the nearest millionth.

A junk drawer at home contains eighteight pens, fourfour of which workwork. What is the probability that you randomly grab threethree pens from the drawer and don’t don’t end up with a pen that works? Express your answer as a fraction in lowest terms or a decimal rounded to the nearest millionth.

A First Course in Probability (10th Edition)

10th Edition

ISBN:9780134753119

Author:Sheldon Ross

Publisher:Sheldon Ross

Chapter1: Combinatorial Analysis

Section: Chapter Questions

Problem 1.1P: a. How many different 7-place license plates are possible if the first 2 places are for letters and...

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