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Picking a number that is divisible by 5 from a jar with papers labeled from 1 to 12

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Total number of possible outcomes:12
Number of favourable outcomes:2( since only two numbers divisible by 5 in that range are 5 and 10)
The possibility that you'll pick a number divisible by 5 is 2/12 or 1/6
Hope that's what you're looking for since you didn't specify.
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