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by maihuna » Fri Oct 30, 2009 11:47 am
As part of a game, four people each must secretly choose an integer between 1 and 4, inclusive. What is the approximate likelihood that all four people will choose different numbers?

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25
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by sanjana » Sun Nov 01, 2009 10:09 pm
Is this question correct?
When they ask for likelihood they are asking for the probability of an event happening? How can the answer choices be greater than 1?

If its just the number of ways in which each person will choose different numbers is 4! = 24 which is not among the choices.