c)  a customer buys three packages and all are corrupt d)  a customer buys three packages and two of them are corrupted. e)  a customer buys three packages and one of them is corrupted. f)   a customer buys three packages and none of them are corrupt g)  Find the sum of the probabilities in parts c–f and write an explanation for the sum.

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PLEASE ANSWER ONLY (G),[ A,B,C,D,E,F HAVE BEEN ANSWERED] AND I ONLY NEED (G) ANSWERED 

 

A computer store has 15 copies of a software package.  Unknown to the store, 3 of the packages have corrupted disks.  What is the probability that

 

a)  a customer buys one package, that it will be one of the packages that contains a corrupted disk?

b)  a customer buys one package, that it will be one of the packages that is not corrupted?

c)  a customer buys three packages and all are corrupt

d)  a customer buys three packages and two of them are corrupted.

e)  a customer buys three packages and one of them is corrupted.

f)   a customer buys three packages and none of them are corrupt

g)  Find the sum of the probabilities in parts c–f and write an explanation for the sum.

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