A matchbox contains normally 40 matches. We select three matchboxes at random and we find seven matches

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A matchbox contains normally 40 matches. We select three matchboxes at random and we find seven matches in total to be defective. What is the probability that there are at least two defective matches in the first among these three boxes?

Explain whether the binomial approximation to the hypergeometric would be appropriate here.

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Introduction To Probability Volume 2

ISBN: 9781118123331

1st Edition

Authors: Narayanaswamy Balakrishnan, Markos V. Koutras, Konstadinos G. Politis

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