Here's my go.
In the case of the phone number, there is only one right phone number, so it's fine to say 'the right number'. IMO, 'the wrong number' is just a parallel construct.
However, there are several nice haircuts, so you usually can't say 'the right haircut', hence there's no 'the wrong haircut'.
As for the workbook, 'the right workbook' is ok, so again 'the wrong workbook' works.
Does it make sense?
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