There are 70 musicians in the group. 26 are play string instruments; 24 play percussion instruments; 20 play horns. 18 are selected to receive a $100 gift certificate. Leaving your answers in combinatorics format, what is the probability that: at most 2 percussion musicians were selected? C(24,2)

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There are 70 musicians in the group. 26 are play string instruments; 24 play percussion instruments; 20 play horns. 18 are selected to receive a $100 gift
certificate. Leaving your answers in combinatorics format, what is the probability that: at most 2 percussion musicians were selected?
C(24,2)
C(70,18)
O (24,0)*C(46,18) + C(24,1)*C(46,17) + C(24,2)*C(46,16)
C(70,18)
O (24,2)
C(70,18)
C(24,1)
C(24,0)
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C(70,18)
C(70,18)
O (24,2)*C(46,16)
C(70,18)
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Transcribed Image Text:There are 70 musicians in the group. 26 are play string instruments; 24 play percussion instruments; 20 play horns. 18 are selected to receive a $100 gift certificate. Leaving your answers in combinatorics format, what is the probability that: at most 2 percussion musicians were selected? C(24,2) C(70,18) O (24,0)*C(46,18) + C(24,1)*C(46,17) + C(24,2)*C(46,16) C(70,18) O (24,2) C(70,18) C(24,1) C(24,0) + C(70,18) C(70,18) O (24,2)*C(46,16) C(70,18) QUESTION 19 This area may be used for additional scratch 'paper' or to explain to me any errors/difficulties you experience during the test. This question is NOT graded For the toolbar, press ALT+F10 (PC) or ALT+FN+F10 (Mac). Click Save and Submit to save and submit. Click Save All Answers to save all answers.
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