SOLUTION: a point (x,y) is randomly selected such that 0 </ x </ 8 and 0 </y</4. What is the probabilty that x +y </ 4? express anser as a common fraction? I went through and found 17 p

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Question 521591: a point (x,y) is randomly selected such that 0 I went through and found 17 possiblities but not sure how to do it has a formula and how many total possibities
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The smallest the sum could possibly be is zero and the largest the sum could possibly be is 12, so you can say:



In order for , .

The interval is one-third the size of the interval

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