You have a row of 20 books on your desk. You're about to go on vacation and

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You have a row of 20 books on your desk. You're about to go on vacation and want to grab some good reading material, preferably a good novel or some other work of fiction. Of the 20 books, 12 are fiction and 8 are nonfiction. You grab 5 books at random.
a. What is the expected number of fiction books you will have?
b. What is the probability that 2 or more of your 5 books are fiction?
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Introduction to Probability

ISBN: 978-0716771098

1st edition

Authors: Mark Daniel Ward, Ellen Gundlach

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