document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=611541>Question 611541</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> a state offers specialty license plates that contain 3 numbers followed by 3 letters. License plates are assigned randomly. all license plates are equally likely. find the probability of being assigned a license plate that contains exactly one \"W\".<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "# of ways to succeed: 10*10*10*3*25*25<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "# of possible plates: 10*10*10*26*26*26<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "P(exactly one W) = [10^3*3*25^2]/[10^3*26^3] = 3*25^2/26^2 = 1875/17576<BR>\n" );
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