Amusement park

umaa · Posted: Thu Jul 17, 2008 1:36 am Post subject: Amusement park

In an amusement park there’s a fishing mini-game. There are fish numbered 201 to 450. If I fish out one fish randomly, what’s the probability that the ticket selected at random will have a hundreds digit of 4, which will win me a cool prize?

a. 50/250
b. 49/250
c. 1/4
d. 1/5
e. 2/5

Answer: d

sudhir3127 · Posted: Thu Jul 17, 2008 2:00 am Post subject:

whats the difference between option A and D

i am getting it as 51/250

umaa · Posted: Thu Jul 17, 2008 2:16 am Post subject:

right. the first one might be, 51/250. I'm getting 61/250.

First and Last possible numbers:

(444-204)/4 = 240/4 = 60 + 1 = 61

Probability would be, 61/250.

Please let me know what i'm doing wrong

parallel_chase · Posted: Thu Jul 17, 2008 2:21 am Post subject:

parallel_chase · Posted: Thu Jul 17, 2008 2:24 am Post subject: