document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=483295>Question 483295</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> A bag contains 9 balls numbered 1 through 9.  A person draws 4 balls from the bag at the same tome, and then the person writes down the numbers on the balls in increasing order.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "What is the probability that the sequence 2, 5, 7, 9 will be written down?\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "a.  0.00031<BR>\n" );
document.write( "b.  0.00794<BR>\n" );
document.write( "c.  0.04167<BR>\n" );
document.write( "d.  0.22222<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "What is the probability that the sequence 2, 5, 7, 9 will be written down?<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "There are 9C4 = (9*8*7*6)/(1*2*3*4) = 126 sequences of 4 digits.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Only 1 is correct.<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "P(correct sequence) = 1/126 = 0.00794<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "a. 0.00031<BR>\n" );
document.write( "b. 0.00794<BR>\n" );
document.write( "c. 0.04167<BR>\n" );
document.write( "d. 0.22222\r<BR>\n" );
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