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    1) A poll states that 30% of the workers in a large company have new desks. If 6 workers are selected at random, what is the probability that at least one worker has a new desk?

    2) In a shipment of 20 televisions, 5 are defective. If 2 television sets are randomly selected and tested without replacement, what is the probability that both are defective?

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    1) A poll states that 30% of the workers in a large company have new desks. If 6 workers are selected at random, what is the probability that at least one worker has a new desk?

    Solution. Let X be the number of works who have new desks. Then X follows a binomial distribution with ...

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