Four Employees Drive to Work in the Same Car $\frac { 1 } { 64 }$

question 157

Multiple Choice

Four employees drive to work in the same car. The workers claim they were late to work because of a flat tire.Their managers ask the workers to identify the tire that went flat; front driverʹs side, front passengerʹs side, reardriverʹs side, or rear passengerʹs side. If the workers didnʹt really have a flat tire and each randomly selects atire, what is the probability that all four workers select the same tire?

• A) \(\frac { 1 } { 64 }\)
• B) \(\frac { 1 } { 4 }\)
• C) \(\frac { 1 } { 256 }\)
• D) \(\frac { 1 } { 8 }\)

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