SOLUTION: help please Three red and three blue flags are arranged randomly along a wire. What is the probability that the six flags alternate in color? A. 1/20 B. 1/10 C. 1/4 D. 1

SOLUTION: help please Three red and three blue flags are arranged randomly along a wire. What is the probability that the six flags alternate in color? A. 1/20 B. 1/10 C. 1/4 D. 1

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Question 446488: help please

Three red and three blue flags are arranged randomly along
a wire. What is the probability that the six flags alternate in
color?
A. 1/20
B. 1/10
C. 1/4
D. 1/2
Answer by sudhanshu_kmr(1152) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
total no. of ways = 20
no. of ways when flags alternate is color = 2
probability = 2/20 = 1/10

ans: B. 1/10
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