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A music player is playing 5 songs out of 10 randomly.
a. what is the probability the 5 chosen songs will be the same?
b. what is the probability that at least one song will be played more then once?
c. what is the probability that the first and fifth song will be the same song?
i just couldn't get the hang of it. i'll be glad if someone could explain it to me.
thank you
well for the i know that the denominator is 10c5. and for the first question i need to have the same song 5 times so i taught it was 1/5 but i got 6.3*10^-6 which seems very small
probability combinatorics
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A music player is playing 5 songs out of 10 randomly.
a. what is the probability the 5 chosen songs will be the same?
b. what is the probability that at least one song will be played more then once?
c. what is the probability that the first and fifth song will be the same song?
i just couldn't get the hang of it. i'll be glad if someone could explain it to me.
thank you
well for the i know that the denominator is 10c5. and for the first question i need to have the same song 5 times so i taught it was 1/5 but i got 6.3*10^-6 which seems very small
probability combinatorics
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You haven't got the hang of it, that is fine. For example, can you find the sample space for this question i.e. the set of possible outcomes when you choose five songs out of ten?
– астон вілла олоф мэллбэрг
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I suspect that each choice can be any of the ten songs, and so the denominator would be $10^5$. If so, the numerators might be $10^1, 10^5-{10 choose 5},10^4$
– Henry
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A music player is playing 5 songs out of 10 randomly.
a. what is the probability the 5 chosen songs will be the same?
b. what is the probability that at least one song will be played more then once?
c. what is the probability that the first and fifth song will be the same song?
i just couldn't get the hang of it. i'll be glad if someone could explain it to me.
thank you
well for the i know that the denominator is 10c5. and for the first question i need to have the same song 5 times so i taught it was 1/5 but i got 6.3*10^-6 which seems very small
probability combinatorics
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A music player is playing 5 songs out of 10 randomly.
a. what is the probability the 5 chosen songs will be the same?
b. what is the probability that at least one song will be played more then once?
c. what is the probability that the first and fifth song will be the same song?
i just couldn't get the hang of it. i'll be glad if someone could explain it to me.
thank you
well for the i know that the denominator is 10c5. and for the first question i need to have the same song 5 times so i taught it was 1/5 but i got 6.3*10^-6 which seems very small
probability combinatorics
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put on hold as off-topic by Jean-Claude Arbaut, Rebellos, John B, Davide Giraudo, jgon yesterday
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Welcome to MSE. It will be more likely that you will get an answer if you show us that you made an effort. This should be added to the question rather than in the comments.
– José Carlos Santos
yesterday
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You haven't got the hang of it, that is fine. For example, can you find the sample space for this question i.e. the set of possible outcomes when you choose five songs out of ten?
– астон вілла олоф мэллбэрг
yesterday
1
I suspect that each choice can be any of the ten songs, and so the denominator would be $10^5$. If so, the numerators might be $10^1, 10^5-{10 choose 5},10^4$
– Henry
yesterday
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Welcome to MSE. It will be more likely that you will get an answer if you show us that you made an effort. This should be added to the question rather than in the comments.
– José Carlos Santos
yesterday
1
You haven't got the hang of it, that is fine. For example, can you find the sample space for this question i.e. the set of possible outcomes when you choose five songs out of ten?
– астон вілла олоф мэллбэрг
yesterday
1
I suspect that each choice can be any of the ten songs, and so the denominator would be $10^5$. If so, the numerators might be $10^1, 10^5-{10 choose 5},10^4$
– Henry
yesterday
2
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Welcome to MSE. It will be more likely that you will get an answer if you show us that you made an effort. This should be added to the question rather than in the comments.
– José Carlos Santos
yesterday
Welcome to MSE. It will be more likely that you will get an answer if you show us that you made an effort. This should be added to the question rather than in the comments.
– José Carlos Santos
yesterday
1
1
You haven't got the hang of it, that is fine. For example, can you find the sample space for this question i.e. the set of possible outcomes when you choose five songs out of ten?
– астон вілла олоф мэллбэрг
yesterday
You haven't got the hang of it, that is fine. For example, can you find the sample space for this question i.e. the set of possible outcomes when you choose five songs out of ten?
– астон вілла олоф мэллбэрг
yesterday
1
1
I suspect that each choice can be any of the ten songs, and so the denominator would be $10^5$. If so, the numerators might be $10^1, 10^5-{10 choose 5},10^4$
– Henry
yesterday
I suspect that each choice can be any of the ten songs, and so the denominator would be $10^5$. If so, the numerators might be $10^1, 10^5-{10 choose 5},10^4$
– Henry
yesterday
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Welcome to MSE. It will be more likely that you will get an answer if you show us that you made an effort. This should be added to the question rather than in the comments.
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You haven't got the hang of it, that is fine. For example, can you find the sample space for this question i.e. the set of possible outcomes when you choose five songs out of ten?
– астон вілла олоф мэллбэрг
yesterday
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I suspect that each choice can be any of the ten songs, and so the denominator would be $10^5$. If so, the numerators might be $10^1, 10^5-{10 choose 5},10^4$
– Henry
yesterday