Question

A lock consist of 4 dials, where each dial has 6 letters.what is the probability of guessing the right combination in one try?

Answer 1

1/1296

Explanation:

The probabilty of getting one of the dials correct is 1/6 because there are 6 letters on each dial. So if there are 4 dials, then the chance is multiplied by itself 4 times (1/6 * 1/6 *1/6 * 1/6). 1/6 * 1/6 *1/6 * 1/6 is equal to 1/1296.

Answer 2

Explanation:

The total number of choices is 6 * 6 * 6 * 6 = 1296

You have one chance to get it right

That's 1/1296 = 0.00077