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Every attendant at a town's Chili Cook-off received a raffle ticket. There were 88 raffle prizes, including 55 that were cooking utensils. If 44 prizes were randomly raffled away in the first hour of the cook-off, what is the probability that all of them are cooking utensils?\newlineWrite your answer as a decimal rounded to four decimal places.._________

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Q. Every attendant at a town's Chili Cook-off received a raffle ticket. There were 88 raffle prizes, including 55 that were cooking utensils. If 44 prizes were randomly raffled away in the first hour of the cook-off, what is the probability that all of them are cooking utensils?\newlineWrite your answer as a decimal rounded to four decimal places.._________
  1. Total Prizes Calculation: Total number of prizes: 88 Prizes to be raffled in the first hour: 44 Total outcomes: (84)\binom{8}{4}
  2. Calculate Total Outcomes: Calculate (84)\binom{8}{4}:\newline(84)=8!4!(84)!=8×7×6×54×3×2×1=70\binom{8}{4} = \frac{8!}{4!(8-4)!} = \frac{8 \times 7 \times 6 \times 5}{4 \times 3 \times 2 \times 1} = 70
  3. Cooking Utensils Raffle: Number of cooking utensils: 55\newlineNumber of cooking utensils to be raffled: 44\newlineFavorable outcomes: 5C4{}_{5}C_{4}
  4. Calculate Favorable Outcomes: Calculate (54)\binom{5}{4}:\newline(54)=5!4!(54)!=5×4!4!×1=5\binom{5}{4} = \frac{5!}{4!(5-4)!} = \frac{5 \times 4!}{4! \times 1} = 5
  5. Calculate Probability: Probability = $\frac{\text{Favorable outcomes}}{\text{Total outcomes}} = \frac{\(5\)}{\(70\)} = \(0\).\(0714\)

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