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An urn holds 5 white and 3 black marbles. If 2 marbles are to be drawn at random without replacement and X denotes the number of white marbles, find the probability distribution for X.

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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