The formula for the hypergeometric distribution

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Among the 300 employees of a company, 240 are union members, whereas the others are not. If 6 of the employees are chosen by lot to serve on a committee that administers the pension fund, find the probability that 4 of the 6 will be union members using

(a) the formula for the hypergeometric distribution;

(b) the binomial distribution as an approximation.

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