Coin probability

A five-rupee coin,3 two-rupee coins & 2 one rupee coins are stacked together in a column at random. The probability that the coins of the same denomination are consecutive is

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Prashant Shekhar ·

1/10

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Anirudh Narayanan ·

pls post solution

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Lokesh Verma ·

there are 3! ways to arrange which denomination comes where!

total no of ways to arrange is

6!/(2!3!1!)

probability will be 3!/ {6!/(2!3!1!)}

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Anirudh Narayanan ·

What do you mean "there are 3! ways to arrange which denomination comes where" ?

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Lokesh Verma ·

it is wheter 5 rupee comes at top or 2 rupee or 1 rupee..

once u decided that there is not much arrrangement to do

a better way to look at this answer wud be

3!(3!.2!)/ 6!

but it depends on whihc u feel more natural

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