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for a game show, a contestant will be asked to select three months at random. what is the probability that a contestant will select march, july and november in any order?

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Since there are 12 months in a year, and the favorable outcome consists of 3 months, the probability that those 3 months will be selected must be 3/12, or in a reduced fraction, 1/4.
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