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by HSPA » Tue Mar 15, 2011 10:34 pm
16 = 5+5+6 or 6+6+4

Prob : getting a given number out of six number = 1/6

5_5_6:
Number of ways of arranging 3 elements with 2 alike = 3!/2! = 3
probability = 3/216

6_6_4:
Similar here : 3/216

So (2*3)/216 = 1/36

Is it C....
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