A Local Microbrewery Believes It Produces the Best Tasting Dark

question 56

Multiple Choice

A local microbrewery believes it produces the best tasting dark beer in town. To make its case, seven volunteers are asked to participate in a beer tasting contest. Each volunteer is asked to taste 5 dark beers and to pick the one he/she prefers. Of the 5 dark beers, one is microbrewery's and the other 4 are national favorites. What is the probability that exactly 3 of the volunteers don't pick the microbrewery's beer? Assume there is no taste preference for any of the beers and that chance alone determines each selection.

• A) 0.0287
• B) 0.0577
• C) 0.1147
• D) 0.1730

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