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Probability that 2nd ball differs by more than 2

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by saintforlife » Wed Aug 22, 2012 6:12 pm
Box of 10 balls numbered 1 thru 10. All have an equally likely chance to be selected. After you select one ball, what is the probability that the second ball selected differs by TWO or more.

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by Ian Stewart » Wed Aug 22, 2012 7:05 pm
We are just choosing two different integers from 1 to 10 inclusive, and want to know the probability they aren't consecutive. There are a few ways to do this, for example - we can choose 2 integers from 10 in 10C2 ways, so in 10*9/2 = 45 ways. That's our denominator. Now the only pairs of integers we don't want are the pairs of consecutive integers, so we want to rule out the selections {1, 2}, {2, 3}, {3, 4}, ... {9, 10}. So there are 9 selections we don't want, and thus 45-9 = 36 selections we do want, and the answer is 36/45 = 4/5.
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