SOLUTION: A hacker is trying to guess someone's password. The hacker knows (somehow) that the password is 6 digits long, and that each digit could be a number between 0 and 4. Assume that th

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Question 1178831: A hacker is trying to guess someone's password. The hacker knows (somehow) that the password is 6 digits long, and that each digit could be a number between 0 and 4. Assume that the hacker makes random guesses.
What is the probability that the hacker guesses the password on his first try? Please report the answer to four decimal place

Answer by ikleyn(52781) About Me  (Show Source):
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The answer is   P = 1%2F5%5E6 = 0.000064.


Round it as you need.