SOLUTION: You carry five keys in your pocket, two of which are for the two locks on your front door. You lose one key. What is the probability that you can get into your house through the fr

SOLUTION: You carry five keys in your pocket, two of which are for the two locks on your front door. You lose one key. What is the probability that you can get into your house through the fr

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Question 892253: You carry five keys in your pocket, two of which are for the two locks on your front door. You lose one key. What is the probability that you can get into your house through the front door?
Answer by Edwin McCravy(20060) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
1, because you couldn't have lost both front door keys because you lost only one key.
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