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20 ping pong balls are numbered 1-20, with no repitition of any numbers. What is the probability of selecting one ball that is either odd or less than 5?

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given 20 ping pong balls

numbered 1-20

odd numbers = 1, 3, 5, 7, 9, 11, 13, 15, 17, 19

total odd numbers = 10

numbers less than 5 = 1, 2, 3, 4

total numbers less than 5 = 4

since 1 and 3 are in both sides,

total number of porbabilities

= 10 + 4 - 2

= 12

the probability of selecting one ball

= 12/20

= 3/5

= 0.6

therefore the probabilty of selecting one ball that is either odd or less than 5 = 0.6

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