SOLUTION: Are there more seven digit numbers with a 1 in them than without a 1 in them? Explain.

Question 701448: Are there more seven digit numbers with a 1 in them than without a 1 in them? Explain.
Answer by KMST(5328) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
A more general question would be:
Are there more n-digit numbers with a 1 in them than without a 1 in them?
The fraction of n-digit numbers without a 1 in them
(the probability that 1 would not be any of the n digits) is

because the first digit cannot be zero,
and it would not be 1 for of the possible digits,
while the other digits have no restriction,
and would not be 1 in of the cases.
If you were taught the name you would recognize that as a
"geometric sequence" or "geometric progression".
Even if you did not know of a name for them,
it is clear that the fraction of n-digit numbers without a 1 in them
(or the probability of an n-digit number not having a 1)
decreases as towards zero as increases.
It is for 1-digit numbers,
for 2-digit numbers,
and keeps getting smaller as we keep including more factors.
For 7-digit numbers the fraction of them without a 1 is
,
so there are 7-digit numbers with a 1 in them than without a 1 in them.

EXTRAS:
Calculating , I would find that ,
but how would I find the value of where becomes smaller than without calculating and tabulating values for n=1, 2, 3, ...?
That's where you use logarithms.
Sorry, I'm getting carried away.

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