A shop has 11 video games to choose from, and 4 of these contain extreme violence. A customer picks 3 of these 11 games at random. What is the probability that the number of extremely violent games among the three selected games is exactly 2?

A shop has 11 video games to choose from, and 4 of these contain extreme violence. A customer picks 3 of these 11 games at random. What is the probability that the number of extremely violent games among the three selected games is exactly 2?

A First Course in Probability (10th Edition)

10th Edition

ISBN:9780134753119

Author:Sheldon Ross

Publisher:Sheldon Ross

Chapter1: Combinatorial Analysis

Section: Chapter Questions

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