To the rescue!
Number Theory
Level
pending
Ironman has landed in the Mandarin's secret lair. The Mandarin and his 4 henchmen have gone down 5 different caves. You know that
- Each cave has only one person.
- All of them have the same size and type shoes, It is impossible to differentiate between them.
- You have only one chance or the Mandarin will get away if it's not him.
What is the probability that cave number 1 is has the Mandarin?
5^{2}
1/5^{5}
1/5
\sqrt(5)
\sqrt(1/5)
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1 solution
There is only one Mandarin and there are 5 caves ! 5 caves mean 5 different possibilities.
So if there is 1 Mandarin divided by 5 caves that means the answer is one fifth!