A magazine printed photos of three celebrities along with three photos of the celebrities as babies. The baby pictures did not identify the celebrities. readers were asked to match each celebrity with the correct baby pictures. What is the probability that a reader guessing at random will match all three correctly?
A. 1/9
B. 1/6
C. 1/4
D. 1/3
E. 1/2

Question

A magazine printed photos of three celebrities along with three photos of the celebrities as babies. The baby pictures did not identify the celebrities. readers were asked to match each celebrity with the correct baby pictures. What is the probability that a reader guessing at random will match all three correctly?
A. 1/9
B. 1/6
C. 1/4
D. 1/3
E. 1/2

lncognlto · Answer

Okay so this is how I would do it. Take one adult celeb picture. Now you have 3 baby pictures to choose from, so the chances of getting it correct is 1/3. Now take the next celeb picture. There are 2 baby pics left, so the chance of it being correct is 1/2. Finally there is one celeb pic and one baby pic left. So multiplying all the chances together is 1/3x1/2x1/1 = 1/6.

anonymous · Answer

thanks