19. A box of oranges is inspected by examining three randomly selected oranges drawn without replacement. If all the three oranges are good, the box is approved for sale otherwise it is rejected. Find the probability that a box containing 15 oranges out of which 12 are good and 3 are bad ones will be approved for sale.

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19. Let A ,  B and C be the respective events that the first, second and third drawn orange is good.

P (A)= Probability that first drawn orange is good= 1215

The orange is not replaced;

P (B)= Probability of getting second orange is good= 1114

Similarity, probability of getting third orange is good,  P (C)=1013

 Probability of getting a

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