Out of 11 tickets marked with nos. 1 to 11, 3 tickets are drawn at random. Find the probability that the...












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I kinda tried it and got the answer 5/33.
But I feel like I am doing something wrong.
What I did was:.
Firstly I found favorable outcomes. My favourable outcomes were 25 such triplets. I think I am doing something wrong here only.
Then I found total outcomes by C(11,3).
Then I found the probability.
Please anyone correct me if I am wrong.










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    I agree with you calculations. I missed one in my earlier comment.
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I kinda tried it and got the answer 5/33.
But I feel like I am doing something wrong.
What I did was:.
Firstly I found favorable outcomes. My favourable outcomes were 25 such triplets. I think I am doing something wrong here only.
Then I found total outcomes by C(11,3).
Then I found the probability.
Please anyone correct me if I am wrong.










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    I agree with you calculations. I missed one in my earlier comment.
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    @lulu You just beat me to it.
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I kinda tried it and got the answer 5/33.
But I feel like I am doing something wrong.
What I did was:.
Firstly I found favorable outcomes. My favourable outcomes were 25 such triplets. I think I am doing something wrong here only.
Then I found total outcomes by C(11,3).
Then I found the probability.
Please anyone correct me if I am wrong.










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I kinda tried it and got the answer 5/33.
But I feel like I am doing something wrong.
What I did was:.
Firstly I found favorable outcomes. My favourable outcomes were 25 such triplets. I think I am doing something wrong here only.
Then I found total outcomes by C(11,3).
Then I found the probability.
Please anyone correct me if I am wrong.







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    I agree with you calculations. I missed one in my earlier comment.
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    @lulu You just beat me to it.
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    I agree with you calculations. I missed one in my earlier comment.
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    – saulspatz
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    @lulu You just beat me to it.
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I agree with you calculations. I missed one in my earlier comment.
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– saulspatz
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I agree with you calculations. I missed one in my earlier comment.
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@lulu You just beat me to it.
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I expect the hard part is making sure you didn't miss some of the progressions. Let's count them by period.



Period $1$: $(1,2,3), (2,3,4), cdots, (9,10,11),$ so $boxed 9$



Period $2$: $(1,3,5), (2,4,6), cdots , (7,9,11),$ so $boxed 7$



Period $3$: $(1,4,7), (2,5,8), cdots, (5,8,11),$ so $boxed 5$



Period $4$: $(1,5,9), (2,6,10), (3, 7,11),$ so $boxed 3$



Period $5$: $(1,6,11),$ so $boxed 1$



Thus there are $1+3+5+7+9=25$ three term progressions. As there are $binom {11}3=165$ ways to choose three with no restriction, the answer is $$frac {25}{165}=boxed {frac 5{33}}$$



Confirming your result.






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    Thank you lulu. You know what it was so much relieving to get the correct answer and to get it confirmed by someone. So thanks again.
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There are ${11choose 3}=165$ ways to choose $3$ tickets. If the middle one has number $min[2..6]$ there are $m-1$ favorable triples, and for $m'in[7..10]$ we obtain the same as for $min[2..5]$. It follows that there are
$$2(1+2+3+4)+5=25$$
favorable triples. The requested probability then is $p={25over165}={5over33}$.






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    I expect the hard part is making sure you didn't miss some of the progressions. Let's count them by period.



    Period $1$: $(1,2,3), (2,3,4), cdots, (9,10,11),$ so $boxed 9$



    Period $2$: $(1,3,5), (2,4,6), cdots , (7,9,11),$ so $boxed 7$



    Period $3$: $(1,4,7), (2,5,8), cdots, (5,8,11),$ so $boxed 5$



    Period $4$: $(1,5,9), (2,6,10), (3, 7,11),$ so $boxed 3$



    Period $5$: $(1,6,11),$ so $boxed 1$



    Thus there are $1+3+5+7+9=25$ three term progressions. As there are $binom {11}3=165$ ways to choose three with no restriction, the answer is $$frac {25}{165}=boxed {frac 5{33}}$$



    Confirming your result.






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      Thank you lulu. You know what it was so much relieving to get the correct answer and to get it confirmed by someone. So thanks again.
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    I expect the hard part is making sure you didn't miss some of the progressions. Let's count them by period.



    Period $1$: $(1,2,3), (2,3,4), cdots, (9,10,11),$ so $boxed 9$



    Period $2$: $(1,3,5), (2,4,6), cdots , (7,9,11),$ so $boxed 7$



    Period $3$: $(1,4,7), (2,5,8), cdots, (5,8,11),$ so $boxed 5$



    Period $4$: $(1,5,9), (2,6,10), (3, 7,11),$ so $boxed 3$



    Period $5$: $(1,6,11),$ so $boxed 1$



    Thus there are $1+3+5+7+9=25$ three term progressions. As there are $binom {11}3=165$ ways to choose three with no restriction, the answer is $$frac {25}{165}=boxed {frac 5{33}}$$



    Confirming your result.






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      Thank you lulu. You know what it was so much relieving to get the correct answer and to get it confirmed by someone. So thanks again.
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    I expect the hard part is making sure you didn't miss some of the progressions. Let's count them by period.



    Period $1$: $(1,2,3), (2,3,4), cdots, (9,10,11),$ so $boxed 9$



    Period $2$: $(1,3,5), (2,4,6), cdots , (7,9,11),$ so $boxed 7$



    Period $3$: $(1,4,7), (2,5,8), cdots, (5,8,11),$ so $boxed 5$



    Period $4$: $(1,5,9), (2,6,10), (3, 7,11),$ so $boxed 3$



    Period $5$: $(1,6,11),$ so $boxed 1$



    Thus there are $1+3+5+7+9=25$ three term progressions. As there are $binom {11}3=165$ ways to choose three with no restriction, the answer is $$frac {25}{165}=boxed {frac 5{33}}$$



    Confirming your result.






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    I expect the hard part is making sure you didn't miss some of the progressions. Let's count them by period.



    Period $1$: $(1,2,3), (2,3,4), cdots, (9,10,11),$ so $boxed 9$



    Period $2$: $(1,3,5), (2,4,6), cdots , (7,9,11),$ so $boxed 7$



    Period $3$: $(1,4,7), (2,5,8), cdots, (5,8,11),$ so $boxed 5$



    Period $4$: $(1,5,9), (2,6,10), (3, 7,11),$ so $boxed 3$



    Period $5$: $(1,6,11),$ so $boxed 1$



    Thus there are $1+3+5+7+9=25$ three term progressions. As there are $binom {11}3=165$ ways to choose three with no restriction, the answer is $$frac {25}{165}=boxed {frac 5{33}}$$



    Confirming your result.







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    There are ${11choose 3}=165$ ways to choose $3$ tickets. If the middle one has number $min[2..6]$ there are $m-1$ favorable triples, and for $m'in[7..10]$ we obtain the same as for $min[2..5]$. It follows that there are
    $$2(1+2+3+4)+5=25$$
    favorable triples. The requested probability then is $p={25over165}={5over33}$.






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      There are ${11choose 3}=165$ ways to choose $3$ tickets. If the middle one has number $min[2..6]$ there are $m-1$ favorable triples, and for $m'in[7..10]$ we obtain the same as for $min[2..5]$. It follows that there are
      $$2(1+2+3+4)+5=25$$
      favorable triples. The requested probability then is $p={25over165}={5over33}$.






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        There are ${11choose 3}=165$ ways to choose $3$ tickets. If the middle one has number $min[2..6]$ there are $m-1$ favorable triples, and for $m'in[7..10]$ we obtain the same as for $min[2..5]$. It follows that there are
        $$2(1+2+3+4)+5=25$$
        favorable triples. The requested probability then is $p={25over165}={5over33}$.






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        There are ${11choose 3}=165$ ways to choose $3$ tickets. If the middle one has number $min[2..6]$ there are $m-1$ favorable triples, and for $m'in[7..10]$ we obtain the same as for $min[2..5]$. It follows that there are
        $$2(1+2+3+4)+5=25$$
        favorable triples. The requested probability then is $p={25over165}={5over33}$.







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