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

So am I correct in assuming that (at least for the expression part), the answer would have to be expressed in terms of some number of pages n?

In that case, the probability is 1 for n = 600, the probability is 599/n.

This is of course assuming that Bascule is a thourough reader, and finishes all his books, reading them at the same rate.

Posted by levik on 2002-07-03 11:17:42