number help: Given a set of numbers S={5, 10, 11, 15, 17, 18}, what is the probability of randomly selecting a number from the set that is a multiple of 5? - Help.com



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Given a set of numbers S={5, 10, 11, 15, 17, 18}, what is the probability of randomly selecting a number from the set that is a multiple of 5?


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Rainbow_Kool_Aid offline Verified User (1 year, 6 months) Long Term User Shouts: 3 #
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1/2

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Houston, TX, US | 1 year, 6 months ago (9 minutes after post)

In this set there are three values that are multiples of five. There are a total of six numbers all together. So, the probablity of randomly selecting a number that’s a multiple of five is 3 to 6. This can be rewritten as 1/2 or 0.5.

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