SOLUTION: Find the probability of getting a prime number if a number is chosen randomly from the set { 1, 2, 3, 4, . . ., 12}

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Question 1021626: Find the probability of getting a prime number if a number is chosen randomly from the set { 1, 2, 3, 4, . . ., 12}

Answer by fractalier(6550) About Me  (Show Source):
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The prime numbers in that set are 2,3,5,7,11. Five of them.
Thus the probability
P(prime) = 5/12