SOLUTION: each of the numbers 0-9 is written on a piece of paper and all of the pieces of paper are placed in a hot. one number is selected. determine the probability that the number is even

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Question 460258: each of the numbers 0-9 is written on a piece of paper and all of the pieces of paper are placed in a hot. one number is selected. determine the probability that the number is even.(0 is an even #)
is it 1/10, 1/9,2/5 or 1/2?

Answer by checkley79(3341)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
P=success/total number of possibilities
Odd numbers are 1,3,5,7,9
Even numbers are 0,2,4,6,8
The total number is 10
Thus the formula is:.
P=5/10=1/2.
The answer is 1/2.

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