A First Course in Probability (10th Edition)
A First Course in Probability (10th Edition)
10th Edition
ISBN: 9780134753119
Author: Sheldon Ross
Publisher: PEARSON
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Let there be 10 white balls and 12 black balls in a bag. Let four balls be selected from this bag on condition that they are not replaced. Which of the following is the probability that the X random variable will take the value zero to represent the number of black balls as a result of testing the X random variable?

 
 a)

0.015

 B)

0.02

 NS)

0.30

 D)

0.20

 TO)

0.15

 

 
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Hypergeometric Distribution: Suppose there is a finite population of size N that contains exactly K objects that has a specified feature. A random sample of size n has been drawn from this population without replacement, wherein each draw is either a success or a failure. Then the probability distribution of the number of objects in the sample with that feature, called success, is said to follow Hypergeometric distribution.

Let us assume X be a random variable denoting the number of success.

Then X~Hypergeometric(N,K,n), N, K and n being the parameters of the hypergeometric distribution.

The probability mass function of X is given by,

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