SOLUTION: Suppose a state's license plate contains 6 letters on it where the latters can be repeated. What is the probability that a license plate will contain the letters USA (in that order
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Question 406770: Suppose a state's license plate contains 6 letters on it where the latters can be repeated. What is the probability that a license plate will contain the letters USA (in that order) somewhere in the 6 letters? Answer by stanbon(75887) (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website! There are only 4 ways to place the USA
The other three letters can be placed 26^3 ways
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Total # of ways to succeed 4*26^3
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Total unrestricted patterns 26^6
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P(requested pattern) = (4*26^3)/(26^6) = 4/26^3 = 0.0002276
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Cheers,
Stan H.
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