A supplier delivers an order for 20 electric toothbrushes to a store. By accident, three of the electric toothbrushes are defective. What is the probability that the first two electric toothbrushes sold are defective? Group of answer choices

The probability that the first two electric toothbrushes sold are defective is 0.016.

Step-by-step explanation:

The probability of an event, say E occurring is:

Here,

n (E) = favorable outcomes

N = total number of outcomes

Let X = number of defective electric toothbrushes sold.

The number of electric toothbrushes that were delivered to a store is, n = 20.

Number of defective electric toothbrushes is, x = 3.

The number of ways to select two toothbrushes to sell from the 20 toothbrushes is:

The number of ways to select two defective toothbrushes to sell from the 3 defective toothbrushes is:

Compute the probability that the first two electric toothbrushes sold are defective as follows:

P (Selling 2 defective toothbrushes) = Favorable outcomes ÷ Total no. of outcomes

Thus, the probability that the first two electric toothbrushes sold are defective is 0.016.

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