SOLUTION: suppose you roll a 10-sided die with sides marked with numbers 0 to 9. If you continued to roll and recorded the outcomes, what do you think the probability would be that at some

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Question 1108700: suppose you roll a 10-sided die with sides marked with numbers 0 to 9. If you continued to roll and recorded the outcomes, what do you think the probability would be that at some point you see 10 digits in a row that make up your phone number..explain
Answer by Boreal(15235) About Me  (Show Source):
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Each number has a 1/10 probability, and the results are independent.
With a seven digit number, it is 1 in 10^7.
With a ten digit number, it is 1 in 10^10, both very low probabilities.