A piece of equipment contains six identical items and it is known that three of them are defective. The items are tested one after the other until the three defective items are found. a. What is the probability that the testing process is stopped on the i. third test ii. fourth test? b. If the proce

A piece of equipment contains six identical items and it is known that three of them are defective. The items are tested one after the other until the three defective items are found. a. What is the probability that the testing process is stopped on the i. third test ii. fourth test? b. If the proce

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A piece of equipment contains six identical items and it is known that three of them are
defective. The items are tested one after the other until the three defective items are found.
a. What is the probability that the testing process is stopped on the
i. third test
ii. fourth test?
b. If the process is stopped on the fourth test, what is the probability that the first item
is not defective?

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