Thread: probability
View Single Post
Old 05-13-2003, 12:22 PM   #1 (permalink)
sstennes
Upright
 
probability

My 5th grader thought this was extremely thought provoking.

If 20 people put there hats into a bag, close their eyes and each take out one hat. What is the probability that exactly 19 of them will get their own hat back?


scroll down for answer













wait for it...


The probability that exactly 19 will get thier own hat is zero. Because if 19 get theri own then the 20th would get his/her own as well.
sstennes is offline  
 

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60 61 62 63 64 65 66 67 68 69 70 71 72 73 74 75 76