there are 7 rotten apples in a crate of 26 apples, how many samples of 3 could be drawn in which the apples a two good and one rotten

Respuesta :

If we want to pick one rotten apple, we have [tex]^{7}C_1[/tex] ways in picking one rotten apple. But we still need to pick 2 more apples, and so, both of them have to be fine apples.

Hence, we have [tex]^{7}C_1 \cdot ^{21}C_2[/tex] ways in picking two good pples and one rotten apple, which is 1,470 different ways.