document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=1003465>Question 1003465</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Suppose that 3 students who ride together miss a mathematics exam . they decided to lie to the instructor by saying that the car had a flat tire. the instructor separate the students and ask each of them which tire was flat . the students who did not anticipate this select their answers independently and at random . find the probability that  the students  get away with their deception?<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #620168 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=fractalier><B>fractalier(6550)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-13.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=fractalier><IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/images/aboutme-small.gif BORDER=0 alt=\"About Me\" VALIGN=MIDDLE></A>&nbsp;<IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/cgi-bin/show-face.mpl?user=fractalier><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=620168\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> There are 4^3 = 64 responses from the three students that could have been given.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Of those 64 responses, only four of them have the students calling out the same tire.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Thus 4/64 = 1/16 chance that the students get away with the deception. </SPAN>\n" );
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