25. A bag contains n counters marked 1, 2, 3,, ... n. If two counters are drawn, show that the chance that the difference of the counters exceeds n (less than n-1) is n-1) (n-m) (n-m- n(n −1)

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25. A bag contains n counters marked 1, 2, 3,, ... n. If two counters
are drawn, show that the chance that the difference of the counters exceeds
n (less than n-1) is
(n − m) (n − m - 1)
n(n −1)
Transcribed Image Text:25. A bag contains n counters marked 1, 2, 3,, ... n. If two counters are drawn, show that the chance that the difference of the counters exceeds n (less than n-1) is (n − m) (n − m - 1) n(n −1)
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