SOLUTION: Twenty-six slips of paper are each marked with a different letter of the alphabet and placed in a basket. A slip is pulled out, its letter recorded (in the order in which the slip

Question 963838: Twenty-six slips of paper are each marked with a different letter of the alphabet and placed in a basket. A slip is pulled out, its letter recorded (in the order in which the slip was drawn), and the slip is replaced. This is done 5 times. find the probability that a word starts with "p"
I got 1/26^5= =0.000000084 BUT I know that is not right. Can someone break it down for me please.
Answer by Fombitz(32388) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
The word starts with the first letter you choose.
The subsequent choices don't influence the first choice.

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