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Revision as of 16:38, 18 June 2018
A number is randomly selected from the set
, and a number
is randomly selected from
. What is the probability that
has a units digit of
?
Solution 1
Since we only care about the unit digit, our set can be turned into
. Call this set
and call
set
. Let's do casework on the element of
that we choose. Since
, any number from
can be paired with
to make
have a units digit of
. Therefore, the probability of this case happening is
since there is a
chance that the number
is selected from
. Let us consider the case where the number
is selected from
. Let's look at the unit digit when we repeatedly multiply the number
by itself:
We see that the unit digit of
, for some integer
, will only be
when
is a multiple of
. Now, let's count how many numbers in
are divisible by
. This can be done by simply listing:
There are
numbers in
divisible by
out of the
total numbers. Therefore, the probability that
is picked from
and a number divisible by
is picked from
is
.
Similarly, we can look at the repeating units digit for
:
We see that the unit digit of
, for some integer
, will only be
when
is a multiple of
. This is exactly the same conditions as our last case with
so the probability of this case is also
.
Since
and
ends in
, the units digit of
, for some integer,
will always be
. Thus, the probability in this case is
.
The last case we need to consider is when the number
is chosen from
. This happens with probability
. We list out the repeating units digit for
as we have done for
and
:
We see that the units digit of
, for some integer
, is
only when
is an even number. From the
numbers in
, we see that exactly half of them are even. The probability in this case is
Finally, we can add all of our probabilities together to get
~Nivek
Solution 2
Since only the units digit is relevant, we can turn the first set into . Note that
for all odd digits
, except for 5. Looking at the second set, we see that it is a set of all integers between 1999 and 2018. There are 20 members of this set, which means that,
, this set has 5 values which correspond to
, making the probability equal for all of them. Next, check the values for which it is equal to
. There are
values for which it is equal to 1, remembering that
only if
, which it is not. There are 20 values in total, and simplifying
gives us
or
.
See Also
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