SOLUTION: What is the probability of one person getting a job when there are 3 people and 5 jobs? How do you solve it as well?

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Question 406541: What is the probability of one person getting a job when there are 3 people and 5 jobs? How do you solve it as well?
Answer by robertb(5830) About Me  (Show Source):
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I will assume that the jobs are all different. Then the total number of ways that none or any of them gets a jobs is
3C0%2A5P0+%2B+3C1%2A5P1+%2B+3C2%2A5P2+%2B+3C3%2A5P3+=+136
Therefore, the probability of one person getting a job is