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KeiTrea
Aug 17, 2012, 05:20 PM
Twenty-six slips of paper are each marked with a different letter of the alphabet and placed in a basket. A slip is pulled out, its letter recorded (in the order in which the slip was drawn), and the slip is replaced. This is done 5 times. Find the probabilities that the following "words" are formed.

A word that starts with "p"

teacherjenn4
Aug 17, 2012, 05:33 PM
What have you done so far on this problem?

KeiTrea
Aug 17, 2012, 05:46 PM
What have you done so far on this problem?

To be honest I do not even have a clue to how to set the problem up...