Let's assume you are having a party and have stocked your refrigerator with beverages. You have 12 bottles of Coors beer, 24 bottles of Rainier beer, 24 bottles of Schlitz light beer, 12 bottles of Hamms beer, 2 bottles of Heineken dark beer and 6 bottles of Pepsi soda. You go to the refrigerator to get beverages for your friends. In answering the following question assume you are randomly sampling without replacement. What is the probability the first beverage you get is a beer?
A) 0.9250
B) 0.9000
C) 0.9487
D) 0.7750

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The total number of beverages is 12 (Coors) + 24 (Rainier) + 24 (Schlitz light) + 12 (Hamms) + 2 (Heineken dark) + 6 (Pepsi) = 80. The total number of beers is 12 + 24 + 24 + 12 + 2 = 74. The probability of the first beverage being a beer is 74/80 = 0.9250.

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