SOLUTION: 5. Jason and Kyle both choose a number from 1 to 10 at random. What is the probability that both numbers are odd? Type your answer in the blank to the left.
A. 1/3
B. 1/2
C. 1/4
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A. 1/3
B. 1/2
C. 1/4
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Question 937397: 5. Jason and Kyle both choose a number from 1 to 10 at random. What is the probability that both numbers are odd? Type your answer in the blank to the left.
A. 1/3
B. 1/2
C. 1/4
D. 1/8
You can put this solution on YOUR website! There are 100 possible pairs of numbers.
Half of them start with an even number so only 50 have a first odd number.
Of those remaining 50, half of those have an odd second number.
Leaving 25 of the original 100 to have two odd numbers.
