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Question 506066: a bicycle combination consists of 3 numbers choosen in sequence. the numbers available are 1-5 and cannot be repeated. if a person guesses randomly for the 3 digit combination what is the probability he guesses correctly?
Answer by stanbon(75887) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
a bicycle combination consists of 3 numbers choosen in sequence. the numbers available are 1-5 and cannot be repeated. if a person guesses randomly for the 3 digit combination what is the probability he guesses correctly?
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# of correct combinations: 1
# of possible combinations: 3! = 6
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P(guess correctly) = 1/6
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Cheers,
Stan H.
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