SOLUTION: Between the years on 1901 and 2003. suppose that the nobel prize between 1901 and 2003 was chosen at random what is the probability the prize goes to japan? country winners

Question 281715: Between the years on 1901 and 2003. suppose that the nobel prize between 1901 and 2003 was chosen at random what is the probability the prize goes to japan?
country winners
usa 219
uk 76
germany 63
france 25
soviet 12
japan 8
other countries 91
Answer by Alan3354(69443) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
The total is 494.
Japan won 8 of them.
8/494 =~ 0.01619 or 1.16% of the prizes
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That's not a probability, it's a certainty, it happened.

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