SOLUTION: Gerald is thinking of a number from 1 - 10. Let event A = choosing odd numbers and let event B = choosing numbers less than 7. What is the P(A ∩ B) ?

Question 1179549: Gerald is thinking of a number from 1 - 10. Let event A = choosing odd numbers and let event B = choosing numbers less than 7. What is the P(A ∩ B) ?

Answer by ikleyn(52915) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
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A ∩ B  is the set of numbers  { 1, 3, 5 }, consisting of 3 numbers.


So, the entire set of events consists of 10 elements;

of them only 3 (exactly 3) are favorable.


The probability is  P =  =  = 0.3 = 30%.     ANSWER

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