SOLUTION: If 8 teams are drawn from a hat what are the odds of the same teams being drawn in the same order a second time?
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Question 468872: If 8 teams are drawn from a hat what are the odds of the same teams being drawn in the same order a second time?
Answer by stanbon(75887) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
If 8 teams are drawn from a hat what are the odds of the same teams being drawn in the same order a second time?
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1 way to do that
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# of ways to draw the 8 teams: 8!
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P(draw in same order) = 1/8!
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P(not in same order) = (8!-1)/8!
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Odds in favor of = (1/8!)/(8!-1)/8! = 1:(8!-1) = 1:40319
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Cheers,
Stan H.
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