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On a block of ten houses, k are not insured. A tornado randomly damages three houses...

On a block of ten houses, k are not insured. A tornado randomly damages three houses on the block. The probability that none of the damaged houses are insured is 1/120. Calculate the probability that at most one of the damaged houses is insured.

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