Question

a horse race has 14 entries and one person owns 2 of those horses. assuming that there are no ties, what is the probability that those two horses finish first and second (regardless of order)

Answer 1

1/91

Step-by-step explanation:

Number of entries in the horse race = 14

• The probability that one of those 2 horses will be first = 2/14

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• The probability that the second horse will be second = 1/13

Therefore:

`\begin{gathered} P(\text{those two horses finish first and second)} \\ =(2)/(14)*(1)/(13) \\ =(1)/(91) \end{gathered}`

The probability is 1/91.