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Old 07-18-2005, 11:42 AM
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Default Re: An Example from my Probability Class I Need Help w/

emp1346's answer is correct. This is an application of the hypergeometric distribution; it's possible your prof may may have wanted you to state that although I would be more impressed by solutions argued from first principles.

One can calculate hypergeometric probabilities in MS Excel
=HYPGEOMDIST(13,26,26,52)
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