A. the first legitimate news articles you find is the 8th news articles you selected? B. the first legitimate news articles you find is the 4th or 3rd news articles you selected? C. the first legitimate news articles you find is among the first 6 news articles you selected?

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6. Sixty percent of news articles posted on the popular social media app FacePalm are fake. Assuming that 60% of the news in your newsfeed in FacePalm are indeed fake and you randomly select a news article (selections are independent from one another), what is the probability that:

A. the first legitimate news articles you find is the 8th news articles you selected?

B. the first legitimate news articles you find is the 4th or 3rd news articles you selected?

C. the first legitimate news articles you find is among the first 6 news articles you selected?

 

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