A grocery store manager took inventory of all the fruit to decide what needed to be donated. Of the 8 pieces of fruit deemed "overripe," 6 were apples. If the manager randomly selected 5 of the overripe pieces for the first donation package, what is the probability that all of them are apples? Write your answer as a decimal rounded to four decimal places.

A grocery store manager took inventory of all the fruit to decide what needed to be donated. Of the 8 pieces of fruit deemed "overripe," 6 were apples. If the manager randomly selected 5 of the overripe pieces for the first donation package, what is the probability that all of them are apples? Write your answer as a decimal rounded to four decimal places.

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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