You are at a campus party where there are a total number of n people. The host asked everyone to put their phones in a bowl while walking in. A noise complaint ends the party abruptly, and everyone heads for the door, hastily grabbing their phones from the bowl. Assume every guest has one and exactly one phone, and that they pick a phone at random (so that every assignment of a phone to a person is equally likely). What is the probability that: a. Every person gets their phone back? b. The first m persons to pick each get their own phones back? c. The first m persons to pick each get a phone belonging to the last m persons to pick? (Hint: Try this thought experiment with a few choices of mand n to get a feel for the numbers that show up.)

You are at a campus party where there are a total number of n people. The host asked everyone to put their phones in a bowl while walking in. A noise complaint ends the party abruptly, and everyone heads for the door, hastily grabbing their phones from the bowl. Assume every guest has one and exactly one phone, and that they pick a phone at random (so that every assignment of a phone to a person is equally likely). What is the probability that: a. Every person gets their phone back? b. The first m persons to pick each get their own phones back? c. The first m persons to pick each get a phone belonging to the last m persons to pick? (Hint: Try this thought experiment with a few choices of mand n to get a feel for the numbers that show up.)

A First Course in Probability (10th Edition)

10th Edition

ISBN:9780134753119

Author:Sheldon Ross

Publisher:Sheldon Ross

Chapter1: Combinatorial Analysis

Section: Chapter Questions

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