A hacker is trying to guess someone's password. The hacker knows (somehow) that the password is 3 digits long, and that each digit could be a number between 0 and 5. Assume that the hacker makes random guesses. What is the probability that the hacker guesses the password on his first try? Round to six decimal places.Probability =

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A hacker is trying to guess someone's password. The hacker knows (somehow) that the password is 3 digits long, and that each digit could be a number between 0 and 5. Assume that the hacker makes random guesses. What is the probability that the hacker guesses the password on his first try? Round to six decimal places.

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