SOLUTION: A teacher distributes randomly the 17 papers to her 17 students.
a)What is the probability that each student gets HIS paper?
b)What is the probability that ONLY Steven gets his p
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a)What is the probability that each student gets HIS paper?
b)What is the probability that ONLY Steven gets his p
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Question 193192: A teacher distributes randomly the 17 papers to her 17 students.
a)What is the probability that each student gets HIS paper?
b)What is the probability that ONLY Steven gets his paper? Answer by stanbon(75887) (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website! A teacher distributes randomly the 17 papers to her 17 students.
a)What is the probability that each student gets HIS paper?
Probability 16 get their correct paper: (1/2)^17= 0.000007629...
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b)What is the probability that ONLY Steven gets his paper?
P(1 right) = 17C1(1/2)^1(1/2)16) = 17*answer to "a" = 0.00012970...
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Stan H.
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