A number is selected at random from 1 through 100, inclusive. What is the probability that the number is a divisor of 50? Express your answer as a common fraction.
A number is selected at random from 1 through 100, inclusive. What is the probability that the number is a divisor of 50? Express your answer as a common fraction.
Well, how many divisors of 50 are there... 1, 2, 5, 10, 25, 50 There are six of them.
So the likelihood is 6 out of 100 ... 6/100 reduces to 3/50
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