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If one number is chosen at random from the first 1000 positive integers, what is the probability that the number chosen is multiple of both 2 and 8?
Difficult Math Problem #83 - Probability
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0 is neither positive nor negative ...... so the first 1000 positive integers wuld be from 1 to 1000 and hence the probability is 125/1000=1/8anuroopa wrote:can 1 of u help me on this - since the q asks for the first 1000 positive integers- does it it not mean 0 to 9999 and hence the number of multiples of 8 should be 124 . shouldn't the probability then be 124 / 1000
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It's a pretty easy one...Just make it look like a tough one to crack....
Any number divisible by 8 is by default divisible by 2 (Remember 2 is a multiple of 8!!)
Hence the sequence be like 8,16,24,32,40,48....1000
Now 1000/8=125 (Hence 1000 is the 125th term of the sequence)
Now the probability = 125/1000
= 1/8
Hope this Helps
Cheers,
Rashi.
Any number divisible by 8 is by default divisible by 2 (Remember 2 is a multiple of 8!!)
Hence the sequence be like 8,16,24,32,40,48....1000
Now 1000/8=125 (Hence 1000 is the 125th term of the sequence)
Now the probability = 125/1000
= 1/8
Hope this Helps
Cheers,
Rashi.