document.write( "Question 1196700: A company that selects employees for random drug tests. They assign each employee a number from 1-6296. What is the probability of selecting a number that is not divisible by 1000? \n" ); document.write( "

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\n" ); document.write( "A company $\"highlight%28cross%28that%29%29\"$ selects employees for random drug tests. They assign each employee a number from 1-6296.
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document.write( "From 1 to 6296 inclusive, divisible by 1000 are these  6 numbers  1000, 2000, 3000, 4000, 5000, 6000.\r\n" );
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document.write( "The rest 6296 - 6 = 6290 are NOT divisible by 1000.\r\n" );
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document.write( "Therefore, the probability the question asks for is   = 0.999047  (rounded).    ANSWER\r\n" );
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