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Seven students have applied for merit scholarships. This year 3 merit scholarships were awarded. If a random sample of 3 aplications (from the population of 7) is selected,

a) what is the probability that 2 students were recipents of scholarships?

b) what is the probability that no students were the recipients of the scholarship?

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