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A computer randomly picks a number from the group 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27. What is the probability the number is greater than 24 or less than 21?

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Answer:

The answer you're looking for is .5

Explanation:

Cause 20 is less than 21, and 25, 26, and 27 is larger than 24, and that's 4 numbers. There's 8 numbers in total, so your answer is 4/8. Divide that by 4, and you get 1/2. That's 50%, if you're thinking out of "1" then it would be ".5"

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Answer: 0.5 or 50%

Numbers-Set {20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27}

Total outcomes: 8

numbers greater than 24 are 25, 26, 27 - 3 numbers

number less than 21 is 20 - 1 number

Total favorable outcomes: 3 + 1 = 4

Probability = favorable outcomes/total outcomes = 4/8 = 0.5

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