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What is the probability that cat's wont collide?

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There are three cats on a triangle, one at each corner. At a given moment in time, they all set off for a different corner at random. What is the probability that they don’t collide ?

posted Feb 28, 2014 by Salil Agrawal

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1/4 (2 out of 2x2x2=8 possible options)

answer Mar 3, 2014 by Rathnakumar Kayyar



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