Three numbers are selected without replacement from {1,2,3,4,5,6,7} to form a 3- digit number. What is the probability that the number is greater than 531?

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Three numbers are selected without replacement from {1,2,3,4,5,6,7} to form a 3- digit number. What is the probability that the number is greater than 531?
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It is given that three numbers are selected without replacement from {1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7}

The first digit must be 5, 6, or 7

If the first digit is 6 or 7 then then it will greater than 531

The probability of the first digit is 6 or 7 = 27

If the first digit is 5 then the second number must be 4, 6, or 7

Probability of first digit is 5 and other two digit is  4, 6, or 7 = 17×36114

The probability that first digit is 5, second digit is 3 and third digit is not 1. = 17×16×452105

 The probability that the number is greater than 531 = 27 + 114 + 2105 = 0.3762

 

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