Let the sample space be upper s equals startset 1 comma 2 comma 3 comma 4 comma 5 comma 6 comma 7 comma 8 comma 9 comma 10 endset. suppose the outcomes are equally likely. compute the probability of the event eequals"an odd number less than 9."
That looks like the natural numbers 1 through 10, so ten of them. An odd number less than nine is 1,3,5,7, four of them. If they're equally likely, our probability is