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Question from Akarsh, a student:

Cards numbered 1 to 1000 were put in a box.Ali selects cards at random.What is the probability that Ali selects a card containing at least one'3'?

Hi Akarsh,

This is 1 minus the probability of selecting a card containing no threes.

Penny

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