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In a lot of 12 Microwave ovens, there are 3 defective units. A person has ordered 4 of these units and since each is identically packed, the selection will be random. What is the probability that
i. all 4 units are good.
ii. Exactly 3 units are good,
iii. at least 2 units are good.

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Given that there are 12 microwave ovens i.e., `n=12`
in that `3` are defective
then number of good units =`9`
The probability of good unit is =`9/12 `
=`0.75`
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