A statistics class at Wilmington College has 25 students of which 15 are math majors and 10 are business majors. The professor randomly selects five students to work together on a group project. What is the probability that less than three of the students in this group are business majors?
A)0.2561
B)0.7582
C)0.6988
D)0.3447

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The probability that less than three of the students are business majors can be calculated using the hypergeometric distribution. The probability of selecting 0, 1, or 2 business majors from the group of 5 students is calculated and summed to get the final probability.

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