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Do Homework- Jared White-Mozilla Firefox ?? https //www.mathxl.com/Student PlayerHom ework.aspx?homeworkid=482 109495&questionid; ? MAT 311 CRN 1423 67/18 12:10 AM Homework: Section 3.1 Suggested Homework Save Score: 0 of 1 pt | 18 of 33 (25 complete) HW Score: 72.73%, 24 of 33 pts 3.1.37 Question Help Consider a company that selects employees for random drug tests. The company uses a computer to randomly select employee numbers that range from 1 to 6119. Find the probability of selecting a number less than 1000. Find the probability of selecting a number greater than 1000. The probability of selecting a number less than 1000 is Round to three decimal places as needed.) Enter your answer in the answer box and then click Check Answer

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To find the probability of selecting a number is less than 1000

There are 999 numbers are less than 1000. Total numbers are 6119.

So probability of selecting a number less than 1000 is 999/6119 = 0.163

To find the probability of selecting a number is greater than 1000

Numbers that are greater than 1000 = 6119-1000= 5119

Therefore the probability that of selecting a number is greater than 1000 = 5119/6119 = 0.836

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