Probability of Events
 

Probability of Events problem 31


Little Simon, who can neither read nor write, plays with his grandfather's typewriter. It has 41 keys of the same size, on which there are markings: 26 capital letters of the English alphabet, 10 numbers and 5 symbols.


  • Simon presses one of the keys. What is the probability of the event A ​​that he will press one of the letters of his name?


  • Simon blindly types 5 characters. What is the probability of the event B that he writes his name? What is the probability of the event C that he writes all the letters of his name?


  • Simon blindly types 3 characters. What is the probability of the event that D typed three identical digits if we know that he pressed the even digit key first?


  • Simon blindly types 12 characters. What is the probability of the event E that he typed a letter of the English alphabet exactly ten times?



 

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