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Zonefive@sh.itjust.works to Mildly Interesting@lemmy.worldEnglish · 4 days ago

My $1 bill has no repeating decimals in its serial number

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My $1 bill has no repeating decimals in its serial number

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Zonefive@sh.itjust.works to Mildly Interesting@lemmy.worldEnglish · 4 days ago
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  • Valmond@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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    Someone figure out the probability!

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      If I remember high school math correctly, The first digit can be anything so, 10/10 options, the second digit cant be be the first so only 9/10 options, then 8/10 for the third, continue this pattern for each digit and multiply together you get 1.8% chance.

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        10 x 9 x 8… etc. yields 1,814,400 possible combinations of no repeats, right? I’m confused what the “whole” is if this is expressed as a percent.

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          100 000 000, the number of possible serial numbers.

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            Aha, that makes sense. Thanks.

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