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Suppose a shipment of 140 electronic components contains 3 defective components. to determine whether the shipment should be​ accepted, a​ quality-control engineer randomly selects 3 of the components and tests them. if 1 or more of the components is​ defective, the shipment is rejected. what is the probability that the shipment is​ rejected?

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if its out of the defective components its 1 out of 3 if its the entire shipment its 46% chance it is rejected
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The chance that one of the defective components is
(3)/(140) or 2.14285714% that the qc person will test a defective unit.
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