A drawer contains n different and distinguishable pairs of socks (a total of 2n socks). A person randomly selects 2r of the socks, where 2r > n. a) What is the probability of having no matches? b) What is the probability of having exactly 1 match?
A drawer contains n different and distinguishable pairs of socks (a total of 2n socks). A person randomly selects 2r of the socks, where 2r > n. a) What is the probability of having no matches? b) What is the probability of having exactly 1 match?
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24. A drawer contains n different and distinguishable pairs of socks (a total of 2n socks). A person randomly selects 2r of the socks, where 2r > n.
a) What is the probability of having no matches?
b) What is the probability of having exactly 1 match?
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