A lot has ten spur gears, one defective. Three are drawn randomly without replacement. Find the probability all three are nondefective, to two decimals.
There are nine good gears. The probability is $(9/10)(8/9)(7/8)=7/10=\mathbf{0.70}$. This also equals the ratio of choosing three from nine to choosing three from ten.
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