Four letters are selected at random with replacement from the word MATHCOUNTS. What is the probability that the letters in the order they are selected will form the word MATH?

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So "MATHCOUNTS" has 10 letters.

And "MATH" has 4 letters.

So the probability of you getting the letters "M" "A" "T" "H" is 4/10 or 2/5.

But it has to be in order...

There are 32 ways you can arrange the 4 letters. There is only 1 way you can write "MATH"

So 1/32 probability of 2/5 is 2/160 or 1/80

The probability of getting the word MATH is 1/80

What is Probability ?

The study of likeliness of an event to happen is probability .

It is given that

Total letters in MATHCOUNTS : 10 letters.

Total chances of getting letter M , A , T , H  is  4

Probability of getting the letters M , A , T , H is 4/10

= 2 /5

The probability of getting the word MATH is 1

And the total number of ways the letters can be arranged is 2⁴

= 32

The probability of getting the word MATH is

= 1 /32 * 2 /5

=1/80

Therefore , The probability of getting the word MATH is 1/80

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