SOLUTION: A number is chosen at random from 1 to 600 inclusive. What is the probability that it will have at least 2 digits equal to 5?

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Question 1202960: A number is chosen at random from 1 to 600 inclusive. What is the probability that it will have at least 2 digits equal to 5?
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Answer: 1/25

Explanation:

Let x be a number from the set {0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9}

In the case of 55x, there are 10 values possible
550, 551, 552, 553, 554, 555, 556, 557, 558, 559

The same goes for the 5x5 case
505, 515, 525, 535, 545, 555, 565, 575, 585, 595
However notice how 555 has been repeated.
This means we have really introduced 9 extra cases (not 10) to have 10+9 = 19 cases so far.

Then for the x55 case we have 6 more values, but we'll exclude 555 of course.
55, 155, 255, 355, 455, 555
So we're adding 5 more cases to get 19+5 = 24 cases total

Here are all 24 items arranged in a 6 row 4 column table
55155255355
455505515525
535545550551
552553554555
556557558559
565575585595


There are 24 values that have at least two digits of 5, out of 600 values total.

24/600 = (1*24)/(25*24) = 1/25 is the fractional probability of getting such a value.

1/25 = 0.04 in decimal form.
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