SOLUTION: Each packet of a certain cereal contains a small plastic model of one of five different dinosaurs; a packet is equally likely to contain any one of the five dino

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Question 872677: Each packet of a certain cereal contains a small plastic model of one of five different dinosaurs; a
packet is equally likely to contain any one of the five dinosaurs. Find the probability that someone
buying six packets of the cereal will acquire models of their three favourite dinosaurs.
Answer by Seutip(231) About Me  (Show Source):
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P=f%2Fp
Where f - is the no of favorable outcomes and p is the number of possible outcomes
TN: big letter P is different from p :)
The no of possible outcomes is 5, and the favorable is only 3. So the probability is:
P=3%2F5
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