Donald Burrill <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
: "The story is about six students who ... The instructor ... tells them
: "The one question was, "Which tire?" I remember that the likelihood of
: all four pickng the same tire was quite small, but I forgot how to
: calculate it explicitly."
: Assuming an ordinary vehicle with 4 tires, and that the students'
: responses are independent, (1/4)^6 = 1/4096.
No, that's the prob that they all select a given tire. It's (1/4)^5
In general (1/t)^(s-1)
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