there are 6 people in line to board a plane with 6 seats. the first person has lost his boarding pass, so he takes a random seat. everyone that follows takes their assigned seat if it's available, but otherwise takes a random unoccupied seat. what is the probability the last passenger ends up in his/her assigned seat, as a decimal?



Answer :

The probability that the last passenger end up in his/her assigned seats is 0.20.

In the given question, there are 6 people in line to board a plane with 6 seats.

The first person has lost his boarding pass, so he takes a random seat.

Everyone that follows takes their assigned seat if it's available, but otherwise takes a random unoccupied seat.

We have to find the probability the last passenger ends up in his/her assigned seat.

Given 6 people with 6 Seats.

The probability that the last passenger end up in his/her assigned seats = 1/5

The probability that the last passenger end up in his/her assigned seats = 0.20.

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