Rational or irrational?
A number is chosen at random in the interval between and . What is the probability that this number is irrational ?
Give your answer to 3 decimal places.
The answer is 1.00.
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1 solution
In any interval, even though there are an infinite number of rational numbers, there is surprising zero probability of picking any of them, as there are so vastly many more irrational numbers. So, the probability of picking an irrational number is 1