document.write( "Question 1126611: Two different numbers are randomly selected from the set ${ - 2, -1, 0, 3, 4, 5}$ and multiplied together. What is the probability that the product is $0$? \n" ); document.write( "

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document.write( "With equal probability, you can select any of 6*5 = 30 pairs different numbers from the given 6 numbers.\r\n" );
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document.write( "It is your space of events.\r\n" );
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document.write( "Of them, there are exactly 5 + 5 = 10  pairs of different numbers that contain 0 (which leads to the zero product).\r\n" );
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document.write( "So, the probability under the question is   = .\r\n" );
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