Asked by Sandy
A popular game show begins with the host reading a question to the contestants. One question involves putting four events (A, B, C and D) in chronological order. What is the probability that the contestant gets the question correct if he or she just guesses?
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Answered by
Poppy
1 in four or one fourth
Answered by
PsyDAG
Consider
ABCD
BCDA
CDAB
DABC
DCBA
CBAD
Etc.
Any of the 4 could be in the first position. Once that position is filled, any of the remaining three could hold the second position, and so on.
So there are 4! ("four factorial") orders (4 * 3 * 2 * !) = 24
ABCD
BCDA
CDAB
DABC
DCBA
CBAD
Etc.
Any of the 4 could be in the first position. Once that position is filled, any of the remaining three could hold the second position, and so on.
So there are 4! ("four factorial") orders (4 * 3 * 2 * !) = 24
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