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Question 922369: Boxes of Cheerios contain a CD. There are three different CD's. You buy three boxes. Of course there is the probability that there will be duplicates among her prizes. What is the probability that she gets the three different CD's. Answer by stanbon(75887) (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website! Boxes of Cheerios contain a CD. There are three different CD's. You buy three boxes. Of course there is the probability that there will be duplicates among her prizes. What is the probability that she gets the three different CD's.
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# of ways to succeed: 3*2*1 = 6
# of possible results: 3*3*3 = 27
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P(gets 3 diff) = 6/27 = 2/9
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Cheers,
Stan H.
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