document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=1006539>Question 1006539</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Could you please tell me what I did wrong with this problem?\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "A horse race has 12 entries.  Assuming there are no ties, what is the probability that the three horses owned by one person finish first, second, and third?\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "What I tried:   12!/(12-3)! = 12*11*10*9!/9!= 1320;  P(1-owner of 3 horses place         1st, 2nd & 3rd) = 1/1320 = .00076					<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "The textbook says the answer is .005.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Thank you. </SPAN>\n" );
document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #622692 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=josmiceli><B>josmiceli(19441)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-13.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=josmiceli><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=josmiceli><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=622692\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> 3 hoses out of the 12 must finish 1, 2, and 3<BR>\n" );
document.write( "but their order doesn't matter. I get:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=+%283%2F12%29%2A%282%2F11%29%2A%281%2F10%29+=+6%2F1320+ ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"+%283%2F12%29%2A%282%2F11%29%2A%281%2F10%29+=+6%2F1320+\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" ><BR>\n" );
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document.write( "or about .005<BR>\n" );
document.write( "or did I make it too simple?<BR>\n" );
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