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You generate three random whole numbers from 1 to 10. Do you think it is unlikely or even possible that all the numbers could be 10? Complete the explanation.

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Answer:

unlikely

Explanation:

If there 10 numbers, each number has a 10% chance of being chosen, and there are 3 generated number.

1/10 x 1/10 x 1/10 = 1/1000

Therefore the percent of this happening is 0.001%

That's very low.

That's why it's unlikely.

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