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A student has jar with 30 pieces of paper. Each of the student’s classmates put their name on one piece of paper. What is the chance of a classmate drawing their own name out of the jar? Choose one. 1% 1 3 3% 30%

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Carlos Rodriguez <carlos@math.albany.edu>

This problem was contributed by a student in Elementary Statistics. It is offered as it is with no warranty of any kind
Last modified: Wed May 13 12:29:11 EDT 1998