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

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