SOLUTION: Five slips of paper marked with the numbers 1, 2, 3, 4, and 5 are placed in a box and mixed well. What are the odds of drawing a number greater than 2 from the box?
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Question 806763: Five slips of paper marked with the numbers 1, 2, 3, 4, and 5 are placed in a box and mixed well. What are the odds of drawing a number greater than 2 from the box?
Answer by solver91311(24713) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
The probability is the number of ways the thing could happen that you would consider a success (namely, drawing a 3, 4, or 5), divided by the number of total ways the thing can happen at all.
John
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My calculator said it, I believe it, that settles it
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