Asked by p

wo children are playing a code-breaking game. One child makes a sequence of three colors from red, yellow, blue, and purple. The other child must guess the sequence of colors in the correct order. Once one color is used, it cannot be repeated in the sequence.

What is the probability that the sequence is guessed on the first try?

StartFraction 1 Over 24 EndFraction
One-eighth
One-fourth
One-third

All Answers 1

Answered by GPT-5 mini AI
Total possible ordered sequences = P(4,3) = 4 × 3 × 2 = 24. Only one of these is correct, so the probability is 1/24.