# Math Help - Probability

1. ## Probability

A box of 50 fuses contains five which are defective. If I take a sample of 20 out of the box, calculate the probability of there being at least two defective fuses.

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2. Hello, BabyMilo!

A box of 50 fuses contains five which are defective.
If I take a sample of 20 out of the box, calculate the probability
of there being at least two defective fuses.

There are: . $_{50}C_5 \:=\:{50\choose5}$ possible sampes.

We have: . $\begin{array}{c}\text{5 bad} \\ \text{45 good} \end{array}$

0 bad, 20 good: . $P(\text{0 bad}) \;=\;\frac{{5\choose0}{45\choose20}} {{50\choose20}}$

1 bad, 19 good: . $P(\text{1 bad}) \;=\;\frac{ {5\choose1}{45\choose19}} {{50\choose20}}$

. . Hence: . $P(\text{0 or 1 bad}) \;=\;\frac{{5\choose0}{45\choose20}} {{50\choose20}} + \frac{ {5\choose1}{45\choose19}} {{50\choose20}}$

Therefore: . $P(\text{at least 2 bad}) \;=\;1 - \left[\frac{{5\choose0}{45\choose20}} {{50\choose20}} + \frac{ {5\choose1}{45\choose19}} {{50\choose20}}\right]$

You can crank it out . . . I'll wait in the car.
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3. Perfect.
Thanks.