SOLUTION: You wish to drive, in sequence, from a starting point to each of five cities, and you wish to compare the distances - and ultimately the costs - of the different routes. What is t

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Question 1038883: You wish to drive, in sequence, from a starting point to each of five cities, and you wish to compare the distances - and ultimately the costs - of the different routes. What is the probability of randomly selecting the shortest distance route?
Answer by Fombitz(32388) About Me  (Show Source):
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Since there are a total of five routes (assuming one is the shortest), the probability is,
P=1%2F5