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A number between 1 to 10000 inclusive is selected at random. What is the probability that it is perfect square? 

 Nov 21, 2014

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Since 1 is the square of 1  and 10000 is the square of 100....there must be 100 perfect squares in the first 10000 numbers.

So...the probability of selecting one perfect square is 100/10000 = 1/100 = 1%

 

 Nov 21, 2014
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Since 1 is the square of 1  and 10000 is the square of 100....there must be 100 perfect squares in the first 10000 numbers.

So...the probability of selecting one perfect square is 100/10000 = 1/100 = 1%

 

CPhill Nov 21, 2014

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