2016 AMC 10B Problems/Problem 12
Problem
Two different numbers are selected at random from 
and multiplied together. What is the probability that the product is even?
Solution 1
The product will be even if at least one selected number is even, and odd if none are. Using complementary counting, the chance that both numbers are odd is 
, so the answer is 
which is 
.
Solution 2
There are 2 cases to get an even number. Case 1: even*even and Case 2: odd*even. Thus, to get an even*even, you get (2C2)/(5C2)= 1/10. And to get odd*even, you get [(3C1)*(2C1)]/(5C2) = 6/10. 1/10 + 6/10 yields 0.7 solution D
Video Solution
https://youtu.be/tUpKpGmOwDQ - savannahsolver
https://youtu.be/IRyWOZQMTV8?t=933 - pi_is_3.14
See Also
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