Suppose a Baseball Team Has 14 Players on the Roster

question 139

Multiple Choice

Suppose a baseball team has 14 players on the roster who are not members of the pitching staff. Of those 14 players, assume that three have recently taken a performance-enhancing drug. Suppose the league decides to randomly test five members of the team. What is the probability that at least one of the tested players is found to have taken a performance-enhancing drug?

• A) 0.2308
• B) 0.2473
• C) 0.4945
• D) 0.7692

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