The probability of selecting 3 executive employees and 7 administrative employees to win a promotional trip a company with 10 executive and 50 administrative employees would best be modelled with the ___.
A) binomial distribution
B) hypergeometric distribution
C) Poisson distribution
D) hyperbinomial distribution
E) exponential distribution

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The scenario involves drawing a sample without replacement, where the population consists of two distinct groups (executive and administrative employees). Hence, the best distribution to model this scenario is the hypergeometric distribution.

The Probability of Selecting 3 Executive Employees and 7 Administrative