A retailer of electronic equipment received six VCRs from the manufacturer. Three of the VCRs were damaged in the shipment. The retailer sold two VCRs to two customers.
a.Can a binomial formula be used for the solution of the above problem?b.What kind of probability distribution does the above satisfy, and is there a function for solving such problems?c.What is the probability that both customers received damaged VCRs?d.What is the probability that one of the two customers received a defective VCR?
What will be an ideal response?
| a. | No, in a binomial experiment, trials are independent of each other. |
| b. | Hypergeometric probability distribution |
| c. | 0.2 |
| d. | 0.6 |
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