餐厅就餐时段
Restaurant Meal
题目详情
三位朋友都决定去一家很受欢迎的餐厅。如果每个人都独立且等概率地随机选择去吃早餐、午餐或晚餐,那么三种就餐时段都被选中的概率是多少?
Three friends all decide to visit a popular restaurant. If each friend randomly and independently chooses to go to either breakfast, lunch, or dinner, what is the probability that all three mealtimes will be selected?
解析
每位朋友都有 3 种选择(早餐、午餐或晚餐)。因为选择彼此独立,所以总的可能结果数为 。
对于有利结果,三位朋友必须分别选择不同的就餐时段。我们来计算这种情况有多少种。
- 第一位朋友可以任选 3 个时段中的一个。
- 第二位朋友必须选择与第一位不同的时段,因此有 2 种选择。
- 第三位朋友必须选择剩下的那个时段,因此有 1 种选择。
所以有利结果数为 。
因此,三位朋友分别选中三个不同就餐时段的概率为:
Original Explanation
Each friend has 3 options (breakfast, lunch, or dinner). Since the choices are independent, the total number of possible outcomes (ways the three friends can choose mealtimes) is .
For the favorable outcomes, each friend must choose a different mealtime. We need to count how many ways this can happen.
- The first friend can choose any of the 3 mealtimes.
- The second friend must choose a different mealtime from the first, so they have 2 choices.
- The third friend must choose the remaining mealtime, so they have 1 choice.
The number of favorable outcomes is .
The probability that all three friends choose different mealtimes is the ratio of favorable outcomes to total outcomes: