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Bascule's Book (Posted on 2002-07-03)

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

See The Solution Submitted by Cheradenine

Rating: 2.7500 (8 votes)

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| Comment 33 of 41 |

I'm determined to get this right.
There are 511 pages in a 600 page book that start with 1,2,3,4 or 5
(A) (511/600)
(B) 85% probability.
If this were a 6000 page book??????????

Posted by terry on 2002-12-20 05:21:04

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