In class we discussed the disputed election that ended up in the case DeMartini v. Power,...

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In class we discussed the disputed election that ended up in thecase DeMartini v. Power, 262 NE2d 857. A similar case (Ipolito v.Power 241 NE2d 232) had one candidate receiving 1422 votes and theother 1405 votes. After the election, it was determined that 101ineligible voters had voted. (a) What is the probability that theoutcome of the Ipolito election would change if 101 votes wereremoved at random? (In this part, leave your answer as a suminvolving binomial coefficients.) (b) Write a python 3 program tocompute the probability given in the previous part. (c) If you werethe appelate court judge, would you rule that the vote should beredone or not? Why?

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a There are a total of votes Let votes from the candidate receiving 1422 vores and from the other candidates were removed ThenThat is follows hypergeometric distributionIf then the number of    See Answer
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