SOLUTION: you have an equally likely chance of choosing an integer from 1 through 20 find the probability of choosing and odd number.

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Question 731746: you have an equally likely chance of choosing an integer from 1 through 20 find the probability of choosing and odd number.
Found 3 solutions by lynnlo, Alan3354, ikleyn:
Answer by lynnlo(4176) About Me  (Show Source):
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1/10
ODD NUMBERS FROM 1 THROUGH 20
1,3,5,7,9,11,13,15,17,19

Answer by Alan3354(69443) About Me  (Show Source):
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you have an equally likely chance of choosing an integer from 1 through 20 find the probability of choosing and odd number
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The statement is not clear, but there are 10 even numbers and 10 odd numbers.
choosing an odd # = 10/20 = 1/2

Answer by ikleyn(53339) About Me  (Show Source):
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you have an equally likely chance of choosing an integer
from 1 through 20 find the probability of choosing highlight%28cross%28and%29%29 an odd number.
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From 1 to 20 inclusive, there are 10 odd integer numbers and 10 even integer numbers.


Therefore, the probability of randomly choosing an odd integer number from 1 to 20 is

    10%2F20 = 1%2F2,


which is also obvious based on your common sense.

Solved.

The answer in the post by @lynnlo is irrelevant,
so ignore his post.