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Whose 1654 correspondence laid the first foundation of probability science?
AGalileo and Cardano
BBernoulli and Huygens
CPascal and Fermat
DKolmogorov and Bayes
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: C. Pascal and Fermat
A gambler's puzzle sent to Pascal led to letters with Fermat in which Pascal used algebra and Fermat used combinations.
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