250 cards
December 23rd, 2011 at 11:45:13 AM
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if you had a 250 card deck.....and each card was numbered 1-250....and they were made random....what is the probability of them coming out in order 1-250?
December 23rd, 2011 at 11:54:46 AM
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1/250!. Double that if you can go low to high or high to low.
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December 23rd, 2011 at 11:55:03 AM
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Quote: vert1276if you had a 250 card deck.....and each card was numbered 1-250....and they were made random....what is the probability of them coming out in order 1-250?
I believe it would be calculated (1/250)*(1/249)....
Not sure though, stats class was many, many moons ago.
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December 23rd, 2011 at 12:20:23 PM
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Quote: Wizard1/250!. Double that if you can go low to high or high to low.
Note the ! here is the mathematical "factorial" symbol, not the Wizard having some sort of exclaimation ;)
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