SOLUTION: A book contains pages numbered from 1 to 48. A page is chosen at random. What is the probability that its page number contains a 3?

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Question 642875: A book contains pages numbered from 1 to 48. A page is chosen at random. What is the probability that its page number contains a 3?
Answer by Edwin McCravy(20054)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
The only "successful" pages (the ones with 3's) are pages 3, 13, 23, 33, and
43.  That's 5 "successful" pages. 

So the probability is 5 out of 48, and in probability "out of" means "over",

Answer: 5 out of 48 = 5 over 48 = 

Edwin
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