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A survey showed that a majority of Americans plan on doing their holiday shopping online because they don’t want to spend money on gas driving from store to store. Suppose we have a group of 10 shoppers; 7 prefer to do their holiday shopping online and 3 prefer to do their holiday shopping in stores. A random sample of 3 of these 10 shoppers is selected for a more in-depth study of how the economy has impacted their shopping behavior.
a) What is the
b) What is the probability that the majority (either two or three) prefer shopping online?
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