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Problem
Let be the set of permutations of the sequence
for which the first term is not
. A permutation is chosen randomly from
. The probability that the second term is
, in lowest terms, is
. What is
?
Solution
There are choices for the first element of
, and for each of these choices there are
ways to arrange the remaining elements. If the second element must be
, then there are only
choices for the first element and
ways to arrange the remaining elements. Hence the answer is
, and
.
See also
2003 AMC 12B (Problems • Answer Key • Resources) | |
Preceded by Problem 18 |
Followed by Problem 20 |
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