There Are 10 Players in a Tennis Tournament and Five $\frac { 1 } { 22,680 }$

question 133

Short Answer

There are 10 players in a tennis tournament and five courts available for the first round. If players are randomly assigned to courts, what is the probability that the two most favored players are both assigned to the same court? A) $\frac { 1 } { 22,680 }$

B) $\frac { 1 } { 113,400 }$

C) $\frac { 1 } { 1024 }$

D) $\frac { 1 } { 5 }$

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Definitions:

Representativeness Heuristic

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Divergent Thinking

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Divergent Thinking

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