Suppose you have just received a shipment of 22 modems. Although you don't know this, 2 of the modems are defective. To determine whether you will accept the shipment, you randomly select 4 modems and test them. If all 4 modems work, you accept the shipment. Otherwise, the shipment is rejected. What is the probability of accepting the shipment?
There are 2 defects in a shipment of 22 modems. That is, there are 20 modems which work.
4 modems are selected from 22.
Number of ways of selecting 4 from 22 is
Number of ways of selecting 4 working modems from 20 (which work in the shipment of 22) and 0 from 2 defective is
the probability that all 4 modems work is
ans: the probability of accepting the shipment is 0.6623
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