--- Harley Michaelis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Can anyone tell me the probability of 6 random events taking place in > a > specific order? Is it 1 in 6 x 5 x 4 x 3 x 2? (1 in 720) or does some > other > formula apply?
Harley, You can arrange the letters ABCDEF in 6! = 720 different orders. If the question is what is the probability of 6 independent events taking place in a certain order, the answer you give above is correct. Say you have 6 socks in a drawer: yellow, red, blue, green, white and orange. You reach in blindfolded and draw them out randomly, one at a time. The probability that they'll come out in the order quoted (YRBGWO) is 1/720. __________________________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! News - Today's headlines http://news.yahoo.com RCSE-List facilities provided by Model Airplane News. Send "subscribe" and "unsubscribe" requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
