al, bill, and cal will each randomly be assigned a whole number from 11 to 1010, inclusive, with no two of them getting the same number. what is the probability that al's number will be a whole number multiple of bill's and bill's number will be a whole number multiple of cal's?

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The probability of AL's number will be a whole number multiple of bill's and bill's number will be a whole number multiple of call's is 1÷ 80

The problem can be solved using Butte force approach

We can solves this in two cases

If Cal's number is :

If Bill's number is , Al’s can be any of 4, 6, 8, 10.

If Bill's number is , Al’s can be any of 6, 9.

If Bill's number is , Al’s can be 8.

If Bill's number is , Al’s can be 10.

Otherwise, Al's number could not be a whole number multiple of Bill's.

If Cal's number is 2 :

If Bill’s number is , Al's can be 8.

Otherwise, Al’s number could not be a whole number multiple of Bill's while Bill’s number is still a whole number multiple of Cal’s.

Otherwise, Bill's number must be greater than , i.e. Al’s number could not be a whole number multiple of Bill’s.

Clearly, there are exactly  cases where Al's number will be a whole number multiple of Bill's and Bill's number will be a whole number multiple of Cal’s. Since there are 10×9×8 possible permutations of the numbers Al, Bill, and Cal were assigned, the probability that this is true is

9÷10×9×8

C = 1÷80

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