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Question 144757: tiles with 26 letters on them in a box. If 3 tiles are drawn from the box, with replacement. what is the probability that the tiles selected will spell the word sum? The letters must be selected in the correct order.
Answer by stanbon(75887) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
tiles with 26 letters on them in a box. If 3 tiles are drawn from the box, with replacement. what is the probability that the tiles selected will spell the word sum? The letters must be selected in the correct order.
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"With replacement" means the selections are independent.
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P(sum) = (1/26)^3 = 0.0000568957....
Cheers,
Stan H.
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