Answer to Question #294238 in Statistics and Probability for Sam

Question

1. There are 1000 fish in a pond, of which 200 belong to the species of interest. Fish are caught one at a time, and for every fish that is caught, its species is noted before it is released to the pond. What is the probability that 10 or more fish that are not of the desired species are caught before 3 fish of the desired species are observed