Question

There are 791791 identical plastic chips numbered 11 through 791791 in a box. What is the probability of reaching into the box and randomly drawing a chip number that is smaller than 517517? Express your answer as a simplified fraction or a decimal rounded to four decimal places.

Answer 1

0.6523 = 65.23% probability of reaching into the box and randomly drawing a chip number that is smaller than 517.

Explanation:

A probability is the number of desired outcomes divided by the number of total outcomes.

In this question, we have that:

791 chips, numbered from 1 to 791.

517 - 1 = 516 have a number smaller than 517. So

`p = (516)/(791) = 0.6523`

0.6523 = 65.23% probability of reaching into the box and randomly drawing a chip number that is smaller than 517.