document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=476776>Question 476776</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> An often-quoted example of an event of extremely low<BR>\n" );
document.write( "probability is that a monkey types Shakespeare’s entire<BR>\n" );
document.write( "play Hamlet by randomly striking keys on a typewriter.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Assume that the typewriter has 48 keys (including the<BR>\n" );
document.write( "space bar) and that the monkey is equally likely to hit<BR>\n" );
document.write( "any key.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "A. Find the probability that such a monkey will actually<BR>\n" );
document.write( "correctly type just the title of the play as his first word.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "B. What is the probability that the monkey will type the<BR>\n" );
document.write( "phrase “To be or not to be” as his first words?\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "thankyou :) </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "probability is that a monkey types Shakespeare’s entire<BR>\n" );
document.write( "play Hamlet by randomly striking keys on a typewriter.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Assume that the typewriter has 48 keys (including the<BR>\n" );
document.write( "space bar) and that the monkey is equally likely to hit<BR>\n" );
document.write( "any key. <BR>\n" );
document.write( "Ans: (1/26)^6 = 3.2371x10^-9<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "A. Find the probability that such a monkey will actually<BR>\n" );
document.write( "correctly type just the title of the play as his first word. <BR>\n" );
document.write( "B. What is the probability that the monkey will type the<BR>\n" );
document.write( "phrase “To be or not to be” as his first words?<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Ans: (1/26)^(13) = 4.0304x10^-19<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Cheers,<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Stan H.<BR>\n" );
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