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A thief steals an ATM card and must randomly guess the correct five-digit pin code from a 6-key keypad. Repetition of digits is allowed.The number of possible codes is (Type an integer or fraction. Simplify your answer.)The probability that the correct code is given on the first try is (Type an integer or fraction. Simplify your answer.)

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A thief steals an ATM card and must randomly guess the correct five-digit pin code from a 6-key keypad. Repetition of digits is allowed.The number of possible codes is (Type an integer or fraction. Simplify your answer.)The probability that the correct code is given on the first try is (Type an integer or fraction. Simplify your answer.)

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The number of possible codes can be calculated by considering that there are 6 options for each of the 5 digits in the pin code. Since repetition is allowed, each digit can be any of the 6 options. Therefore, the total number of possible codes is 6^5 = 7776.

The probability that the correct code is given on the first try is the reciprocal of the total number of possible codes, since there is only one correct code. Therefore, the probability is 1/7776.

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