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Exercises: Develop a Theoretical Probability Distribution and Find Its Expected Value

Work through each section in order. Show your work where indicated. When you build a probability, separate "the probability of one specific sequence" from "the number of arrangements" that produce that result. Keep fractions over a common denominator so your sum-to-1 check is easy to read.

Grade 11·24 problems·~45 min·Common Core Math - HS Statistics and Probability·group·hss-md-a-3
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How many different ways are there to choose which 3 of the 5 questions are the correct ones?
That is, evaluate (53)\binom{5}{3}.