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A certain telephone number has 7 digits.If the
telephone number has the digit 0 exactly three times
and number one is not used at all what is the
probability that phone number contains 1 or more prime
numbers?
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eliminate three digits because 3 are zero. so last four digits could be 2,3.,4,5,6,7,8,9 for a totatl of 8^4 choices. Prime numbers are 2,3,5,7 so favorable outcomes are 4^4. so answer (hopefully)is 4^4/8^4.
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My approach:
P(at least 1 prime)=1-P(no primes)
Total outcomes: 8*8*8*8*1*1*1 - but this case is when 3 zeroes are the last digits. But it is not given. We have multiply by 6C3=20. So, 20*8^4
Favorable outcomes: 4*4*4*4*1*1*1*6C3=20*4^4
P=1-(4^4/8^4)=1-(1/16)=15/16
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My try,
P(at least one prime) = 1- P (no prime)
7 numbers of which 3 are 0┬┤s and no 1┬┤s
So we have 4 numbers left to find out
primes (2,3,5,7) not primes (4,6,8,9)
first number P (not prime) = 4/8 = 1/2
so 1- (1/2)^4 = 15/16
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