document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=606332>Question 606332</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Find the probability of getting a prime number in the case that a number is chosen randomly from the set {1,2,3,4,...12}\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "So my thoughts were the prime numbers are 1,2,3,5,7,11 and there are 12 possibilities so the answer should be 1/2.  But the answer given to me is 5/12.  What am I missing?<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #382068 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=richard1234><B>richard1234(7193)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-13.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=richard1234><IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/images/aboutme-small.gif BORDER=0 alt=\"About Me\" VALIGN=MIDDLE></A>&nbsp;<IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/cgi-bin/show-face.mpl?user=richard1234><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=382068\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> 1 is not a prime number. If it were prime, then any \"prime number\" such as 3 could be expressed as the product of two or more primes (3*1, 3*1*1, etc.) and therefore wouldn't be prime.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Therefore the probability is 5/12.\r<BR>\n" );
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