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College randomly assigns students to 5 dorms. if 3 friends apply to live in these dorms, what is probability they are assigned to same dorm? What is probability they are assigned to different dorms?
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document.write( "[Notice that the first probability is 1 because it is certain\r\n" );
document.write( "that A will be assigned to some dorm.]\r\n" );
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What is probability they are assigned to different dorms?

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