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Matt and some of his friends are going rock climbing this weekend. In preparation, Matt purchased 88 sports drinks to bring, including 66 strawberry flavored drinks.\newlineIf Matt randomly chooses to place 55 drinks in the red cooler, what is the probability that all of them are strawberry flavored?\newlineWrite your answer as a decimal rounded to four decimal places.\newline____\newline

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Q. Matt and some of his friends are going rock climbing this weekend. In preparation, Matt purchased 88 sports drinks to bring, including 66 strawberry flavored drinks.\newlineIf Matt randomly chooses to place 55 drinks in the red cooler, what is the probability that all of them are strawberry flavored?\newlineWrite your answer as a decimal rounded to four decimal places.\newline____\newline
  1. Calculate Probability of First Drink: There are 66 strawberry flavored drinks out of 88 total drinks.\newlineTo find the probability that the first drink is strawberry flavored, we calculate 68\frac{6}{8}.
  2. Calculate Probability of Second Drink: If the first drink is strawberry, there are now 55 strawberry drinks left out of 77 total drinks.\newlineThe probability that the second drink is also strawberry flavored is 57\frac{5}{7}.
  3. Calculate Probability of Third Drink: Continuing this pattern, the probability for the third drink is 46\frac{4}{6}, which simplifies to 23\frac{2}{3}.
  4. Calculate Probability of Fourth Drink: For the fourth drink, the probability is 35\frac{3}{5}.
  5. Calculate Probability of Fifth Drink: Finally, the probability for the fifth drink is 24\frac{2}{4}, which simplifies to 12\frac{1}{2}.
  6. Calculate Overall Probability: To find the overall probability that all 55 drinks are strawberry flavored, we multiply the individual probabilities together.\newlineSo, we calculate (68)×(57)×(23)×(35)×(12)(\frac{6}{8}) \times (\frac{5}{7}) \times (\frac{2}{3}) \times (\frac{3}{5}) \times (\frac{1}{2}).
  7. Perform Multiplication: Performing the multiplication gives us (68)×(57)×(23)×(35)×(12)=6×5×2×3×18×7×3×5×2=1801680(\frac{6}{8}) \times (\frac{5}{7}) \times (\frac{2}{3}) \times (\frac{3}{5}) \times (\frac{1}{2}) = \frac{6\times5\times2\times3\times1}{8\times7\times3\times5\times2} = \frac{180}{1680}.
  8. Simplify Fraction: Simplify the fraction 1801680\frac{180}{1680} to get 328\frac{3}{28}.

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