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counting and probability intermediate

Problem

A pirate searches seven islands for buried treasure. If each island has a chance of having treasure, what is the probability that exactly 4 of the islands have treasure?
Solution
There are ways to choose 4 of the islands. For each choice, there is a probability of that those 4 islands will have treasure and the others will not. Therefore, the total probability that exactly 4 of the islands have treasure is .
Final answer
\frac{448}{15625}