SOLUTION: Suppose that 3 students who ride together miss a mathematics exam . they decided to lie to the instructor by saying that the car had a flat tire. the instructor separate the studen

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Question 1003465: Suppose that 3 students who ride together miss a mathematics exam . they decided to lie to the instructor by saying that the car had a flat tire. the instructor separate the students and ask each of them which tire was flat . the students who did not anticipate this select their answers independently and at random . find the probability that the students get away with their deception?
Answer by fractalier(6550) About Me  (Show Source):
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There are 4^3 = 64 responses from the three students that could have been given.
Of those 64 responses, only four of them have the students calling out the same tire.
Thus 4/64 = 1/16 chance that the students get away with the deception.