The hypergeometric random variable x counts the number of successes in the draw of n elements
from a set of N elements containing r successes.

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The hypergeometric distribution indeed models the probability of drawing a specific number of successes (x) in a sample of size n from a finite population of size N that contains exactly r successes, without replacement.

The Hypergeometric Random Variable X Counts the Number of Successes