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document.write( "There are eight envelopes, one of them contains a $100 bill and the others are empty. You randomly pick one envelope and open it. If it doesn’t have $100 in it, you discard the envelope and pick another envelope. This continues until you pick the envelope that contains $100. Find the probability that the 5th envelope you pick contains the $100 bill. Answer in fraction. \n" );
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Algebra.Com's Answer #299902 by sudhanshu_kmr(1152)![]() ![]() You can put this solution on YOUR website! \r \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "probability that 5th envelop have $100 bill = (7/8)* (6/7)* (5/6)* (4/5)* (1/4)\r \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "= 1/8\r \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( " |