SOLUTION: In horse racing, a trifecta is a bet for which you must pick the first, second and third place winners in their proper order to win a payoff. If there are thirteen horses racing, a

Question 1188676: In horse racing, a trifecta is a bet for which you must pick the first, second and third place winners in their proper order to win a payoff. If there are thirteen horses racing, and you randomly select 3 as your bet in the trifecta, what is the probability that you will win?
Answer by ikleyn(52782) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
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There are 13*12*11 winning triples (ordered triples),


and there is only one of them, which really wins.


So the probability to guess (to win) is  P =  =  = 0.0005828 = 0.05828%.    ANSWER

Solved.

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