SOLUTION: The following box contains the
9
9 letters shown. The letters are drawn one-by-one without replacement, and the results are recorded in order. Find the probability of th
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Question 1162510: The following box contains the
9
9 letters shown. The letters are drawn one-by-one without replacement, and the results are recorded in order. Find the probability of the outcome
APPELLATE
Answer by math_helper(2461) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
There are 9 letters
But, there are 2 A's, 2 E's, 2 L's, and 2 P's:
so the number of unique (distinguishable) outcomes is:
= 22680
Obtaining 'APPELLATE' is just one of those unique outcomes, so
P('APPELLATE') = 1/22680 (about 0.0000441)
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