Probability with Permutations and Combinations · Example 1
(a) In horse racing, an exacta bet is one where the player tries to predict the top two finishers in particular race in order. If there are 9 horses in a race, and a player decided to make an exacta bet at random, what is the probability that they win?
(b) You are in a club with 10 people, 3 of whom are close friends of yours. If the officers of this club are chosen at random, what is the probability that you are named president and one of your friends is named vice president?
(c) A bag contains slips of paper with letters written on them as follows: A, A, B, B, B, C, C, D, D, D, D, E. If you draw 3 slips, what is the probability that the letters will spell out (in order) the word BAD?
OpenStax, Contemporary Mathematics · §7.6 Probability with Permutations and Combinations · Example 1
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