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Bascule's Book (Posted on 2002-07-03) Difficulty: 5 of 5
Bascule is reading a book. What is the probability that the first digit of the page he is on is 1, 2, 3, 4 or 5?

a) obtain an expression
b) approximate a numerical value

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Solution bascules book | Comment 32 of 41 |
In a 600 page book there are 565 pages that start with a 1,2,3,4 or 5. if it were a 999 page book the probabiity would change.
However assuming the first
(a)(565/600)
(b) 95% probablity
  Posted by terry on 2002-12-20 04:59:26
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