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tic-tac-toe (Posted on 2004-07-30) Difficulty: 3 of 5
If I put nine pieces of paper, with a digit from 1-9 written on each one, into a hat, and pull 3 out without replacement, what is the likelihood that I will select three numbers that result in a winning tic-tac-toe?
 1 | 2 | 3 
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 4 | 5 | 6 
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 7 | 8 | 9 

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There are only 8 ways of winning, and there are 9x8x7/3x2x1=84 ways of picking three numbers, so the odds are 8 in 84, about 10%.
  Posted by Oskar on 2004-07-30 13:01:15
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