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Little Julia created a 5-digit integer choosing 5 distinct c

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Little Julia created a 5-digit integer choosing 5 distinct chips, one by one, among the 7 given ones shown above. "Can you do it in such a way that the three central digits add up to 9?", asked her teacher. And Julia did! If little Max was asked to do the same by his teacher, and Max chooses a correct possibility randomly, what is the probability that both children have chosen exactly the same 5-digit integer?

(A) 1/12
(B) 1/36
(C) 1/54
(D) 1/72
(E) 1/96

Answer: [spoiler] _____(D)__[/spoiler]
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by fskilnik@GMATH » Thu Mar 07, 2019 11:27 am
fskilnik@GMATH wrote:GMATH practice exercise (Quant Class 18)

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Little Julia created a 5-digit integer choosing 5 distinct chips, one by one, among the 7 given ones shown above. "Can you do it in such a way that the three central digits add up to 9?", asked her teacher. And Julia did! If little Max was asked to do the same by his teacher, and Max chooses a correct possibility randomly, what is the probability that both children have chosen exactly the same 5-digit integer?

(A) 1/12
(B) 1/36
(C) 1/54
(D) 1/72
(E) 1/96
$$?\,\, = \,\,{1 \over {\# \,\,{\rm{favorable}}\,\,{\rm{sequences}}}}$$
$${?_{temp}}\,\,\, = \,\,\,\# \,\,{\rm{favorable}}\,\,{\rm{sequences}}$$
$$\left\{ \matrix{
\,{\rm{3}}\,{\rm{central}}\,{\rm{digits}}\,{\rm{are}}\,\,{\rm{1,3,5}}\,\,\,\, \Rightarrow \,\,\,{{\rm{P}}_{\rm{3}}} = 3!\,\,\,{\rm{possibilities}} \hfill \cr
\,{\rm{first}}\,{\rm{and}}\,\,{\rm{last}}\,\,{\rm{digits}}\,\,\,{\rm{:}}\,\,\,{\rm{4}} \cdot {\rm{3}}\,\,{\rm{possibilities}} \hfill \cr} \right.\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\, \Rightarrow \,\,\,\,{?_{temp}}\,\,\, = \,\,\,3!\, \cdot 4 \cdot 3\,\, = \,\,\,72$$


The correct answer is (D).


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