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In Mathematics / High School | 2014-11-17

You want to make five-letter codes that use the letters A, F, E, R, and M without repeating any letter. What is the probability that a randomly chosen code starts with A?

Asked by Synethia

Answer (3)

number of all possibilities - 5 ! = 120 number of codes starting with A - 4 ! = 24
the probability is 120 24 ​ = 5 1 ​

Answered by konrad509 | 2024-06-10

Answer 0.20 ;

Answered by selena0126 | 2024-06-12

The probability that a randomly chosen five-letter code made from the letters A, F, E, R, and M starts with the letter A is 5 1 ​ . This is calculated by dividing the number of codes starting with A (24) by the total number of codes (120). Therefore, the final answer is 5 1 ​ .
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Answered by konrad509 | 2024-10-01