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Question 990575: What is the probability that the next student taking the test would happen to select the same three blocks of random numbers that you selected? There are 100 blocks of random numbers to choose from.
Answer by stanbon(75887) About Me  (Show Source):
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What is the probability that the next student taking the test would happen to select the same three blocks of random numbers that you selected? There are 100 blocks of random numbers to choose from.
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# of sets of 3 blocks 100C3
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Ans: 1/[100C3] = 1/161,700 = 0.00000618...
Cheers,
Stan H.
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