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Randomly pick a whole number between 10 and 99 (inclusive). Then multiply the digits together. What is the chance that the resulting number is even?

Hint: An odd number times an odd number is an odd number.

50 90 \frac{50}{90} 25 90 \frac{25}{90} 65 90 \frac{65}{90} 45 90 \frac{45}{90}

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7 solutions

Those numbers whose first digit is even will result in even number. There are 40 of them (20s, 40s, 60s, 80s). For rest of them (50 nos), the product is determined by the 2nd digit. 25 will give odd product and 25 even. So there will be a total of 65 numbers out of 90, which will give even product

Nicolai Kofoed
Oct 22, 2015

First we notice, that the only way a two digit number can be odd, is if both the digits are odd. We are given a two digit number. The first digit can be between 1 1 and 9 9 , containing 5 9 \frac {5}{9} odd numbers. The second digit can be between 0 0 and 9 9 , containing 5 10 \frac {5}{10} odd numbers. The chance of both the numbers being odd is 5 9 5 10 = 25 90 \frac {5}{9} \cdot \frac {5}{10} = \frac {25}{90} This means the chances of the number being even is the remaining 1 25 90 = 65 90 1 - \frac {25}{90}= \frac {65}{90} .

Andrew Ellinor
Oct 20, 2015

There are 90 whole numbers on the interval [10, 99]. Let's count those numbers whose digits are both odd.

11, 13, 15, 17, 19,
31, 33, 35, 37, 39,
51, 53, 55, 57, 59,
71, 73, 75, 77, 79,
91, 93, 95, 97, 99.



With five numbers like this in each of five rows, there are a total of 25 numbers for which the product of the digits is odd. These are the only numbers with this property, so we subtract it from 90 to figure out the number of wholes whose digit product is even.

90 - 25 = 65, so that means the probability that a whole number selected on this interval will have an even digit product is 65 90 \dfrac{65}{90} .

I got the part of the 25 odd numbers, my mistake was seeing 99 and thinking 100 numbers. This caused me to get 75% when the right answer would be 72%

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Nicholas Kross
Aug 9, 2018

Remember: 0 is even.

Zakir Dakua
Oct 22, 2015

1 5 9 × 5 10 = 65 90 1-\frac { 5 }{ 9 } \times \frac { 5 }{ 10 } =\frac { 65 }{ 90 }

Bostang Palaguna
Aug 18, 2020

The complement is : to get 2 digits number which each digit is odd.

for the first digit, there are 5 choices, and for the second digit, there are 5 choices as well. \Rightarrow 25 numbers.

the probability that we're looking for: 1 25 90 = 65 90 1- \frac{25}{90} = \boxed{\frac{65}{90}}

Sadasiva Panicker
Oct 22, 2015

10 to 20;11,13,15,17,19, ; 30 to 4031,33,35,37,39.......Thus 5x5=25, Numbers give odd product. Tota numbers between 10 to 99 = 99 - 10 + 1 = 90; Numbers given even product = 99 - 25 = 65. There fore Probability = 65/90 = 13/18.

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