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Chapter 8: Discrete Probability Distributions
Figure 8-29:
Display of the different components for
Example 8-22
Using the formula to compute the probability of exactly three students will
be served alcohol in the sample of size 8 is
Thus, the probability of exactly three students will be served alcohol by the
waiter in the sample of size 8 is 0.4242, correct to four decimal places.
Figure 8-30
shows the output from the
Hypergeometric Distribution
workbook with
P
(
X
= 3) = 0.4242.