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In horse racing, a trifecta is a race in which you must pick the first-, second-, and third-place winners in their proper order to win a payoff. If ten horses are racing, and you randomly
select three as your bet in the trifecta, what is the probability that you will win? (Assume that all horses have the same chance to win.)
What is the probability that you will win?
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