2004 AMC 12B Problems/Problem 4

Problem

An integer $x$ , with $10\leq x\leq 99$ , is to be chosen. If all choices are equally likely, what is the probability that at least one digit of $x$ is a 7?

$(\mathrm {A}) \dfrac{1}{9} \qquad (\mathrm {B}) \dfrac{1}{5} \qquad (\mathrm {C}) \dfrac{19}{90} \qquad (\mathrm {D}) \dfrac{2}{9} \qquad (\mathrm {E}) \dfrac{1}{3}$

Solution

The digit 7 can be either the tens digit ( $70, 71, \dots, 79$ - 10 possibilities), or the ones digit ( $17, 27, \dots, 97$ - 9 possibilities), but we counted the number 77 twice. This means that out of the 90 two-digit numbers, $10+9-1=18$ have at least one digit equal to 7. Therefore the probability is $\dfrac{18}{90} = \boxed{\dfrac{1}{5}} \Longrightarrow \mathrm{(B)}$ .

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