SOLUTION: Eight pawns are placed randomly on a chessboard, no more than one to a square. What is the probability that:
(a) they are in a straight line (do not forget the diagona
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Question 258325: Eight pawns are placed randomly on a chessboard, no more than one to a square. What is the probability that:
(a) they are in a straight line (do not forget the diagonals)?
(b) no two are in the same row or column?
Answer by edjones(8007) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
a)
There are 18 straight lines of 8 pieces possible on a chessboard.
64C8=4426165368
18/4426165368=1/245898076
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Ed
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