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A monkey at a typewriter types each of the 26 letters of the alphabet exactly once, the...

A monkey at a typewriter types each of the 26 letters of the alphabet exactly once, the order being random.

a. What is the probability that the word Hamlet appears somewhere in the string of letters?

b. How many independent monkey typists would you need in order that the probability that the word appears is at least .90?

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