Dependent Events

Problem
A box contains 5 defective and 195 non-defective cell phones. A quality control engineer selects 2 cell phones at random without replacement. What is the probability that exactly 1 is defective?

A.   0.0190 C.   0.0390
B.   0.0490 D.   0.0290

 

Probability

Probability
For outcomes that are equally likely to occur:

$P = \dfrac{\text{Number of favorable outcomes}}{\text{Total number of possible outcomes}}$

 

If the probability of an event to happen is p and the probability for it to fail is q, then

$p + q = 1$

 

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