Question

in a 400 page manuscript, there are 200 randomly distributed misprints if a page is selected, find the probability that it has 1 misprint



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Answer 1

Answer:

½

Step-by-step explanation:

The probabliliry of picking a misprint is gotten by dividing the number of misprints by the total number of pages in the manuscript.

There are 200 randomly placed misprints in the 400 page manuscript.

Therefore, the probability of picking a misprint is:

200 / 400 = ½