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The numbers from 1 to 20 are placed in a hat. What is the probability that a random;y selected number will be greater than 8?
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document.write( "8 of the 20 numbers are NOT greater than 8, so the other 20-8 or 12 numbers\r\n" );
document.write( "are greater than 8.  \r\n" );
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document.write( "Desired probability = 12 out of 20 =  which reduces to .\r\n" );
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