2015 AMC 12A Problems/Problem 24
Problem
Rational numbers 
and 
are chosen at random among all rational numbers in the interval 
that can be written as fractions 
where 
and 
are integers with 
. What is the probability that
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is a real number?
$\textbf{(A)}\ \frac{3}{5} \qquad\textbf{(B)}\ \frac{4}{25} \qquad\textbf{(C)}\ \frac{41}{200} \qquad\textbf{(D)}}\ \frac{6}{25} \qquad\textbf{(E)}\ \frac{13}{50}$ (Error compiling LaTeX. Unknown error_msg)
Solution
See Also
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