Ah. Ok. So basically you're saying that of the remaining 12 balls, the probability that C has at least one ball higher than my highest ball which is 9 is (1 - probability that C has all balls lower than mine).
Which comes to
1 - (5/12 * 4/11 * 3/10 * 2/9) = 1 - 120/11880 = 0.98...
That seems...
Hi,
I have never quite worked this type of probability question out, so would like some help please.
Imagine this scenario:
There are 4 people sat around a table, A, B, C and D.
A is sitting opposite C, B is sitting opposite D.
There is a bag with 16 balls numbered 1-16.
The balls are...