Exercise 1.3. a telephone number consists of ten digits, of which the first digit is one of 1; 2; : : : ; 9 and the others can be 0; 1; 2; : : : ; 9. what is the probability that 0/ appears at most once in a telephone number, if all the digits are chosen completely at random

The probability that "0" appears at most once in a telephone number is 0.82

Step-by-step explanation:

Telephone number = 10 digits

First digit = (1,2......9)------> there are 9 possible digits

digit 2 - digit 10 = (0,1,2......9) -----> there are 10 possible digits

Let's find the total amount of telefone numbers with those characteristics:

possible first digit X possible second digit X...............X possible tenth digit

9X10X10X10X10X10X10X10X10X10 =

Let's find the amount of telephone numbers that "0" appears at most once (it means 0 will occur either once or will not occur):

If "0" appears once, the rest of the numbers should be 1.2.....9 (9 possible digits)

9X10X9X9X9X9X9X9X9X9 =

If "0" doesn't appear, the ten digits should be 1,2....9

9X9X9X9X9X9X9X9X9X9 =

Finally, find the probability

P=(favorable outcomes/total outcomes)

P= = 0.82

tell you what. i'll find the length of the medians and you can fill in the blanks where they belong.

br

b = (2a,0)

r = (a/2,b/2) remember these things are medians. they go to the 1/2 way point of the line opposite the vertex they face.

br^2 =   (2a - a/2)^2 + (0 - b/2)^2

br^2 = (3/2 a) ^2 + b^2 / 4

br^2 = 9/4 a^2 + b^2 / 4   we need to find some relationship between a and b.

let's try ab = bc  

ab = 2a

bc = (2a - a)^2 + (b - 0)^2

bc = sqrt(a^2 + b^2)

ab = bc

2a = sqrt(a^2 + b^2) square both sides.

4a^2 = a^2 + b^2 subtract a^2 from both sides.

sqrt(3a^2) = sqrt(b^2)

sqrt(3)a = b

let's put b into br^2

br^2 = 9/4 a^2 + 3b^2 / 4

br^2 = 12 a^2 / 4

br^2 = 3a^2 

br = sqrt(3) * a

cp

c = (a,b) ; p = (a,0) this is another application of the distance formula, and it is a good one.

cp^2 = (a - a)^2 + (b - 0)^2

cp^2 = 0 + b^2

cp^2 = b^2 which you can see from the diagram. 

cp = sqrt(b^2)

cp = b but b = sqrt(3) * a 

cp = sqrt(3)*a

aq

a = (0,0)

q = (3/2) a, b/2

aq^2 = (3a/2 -0)^2 + (b/2 - 0)^2

aq^2 = 9a^2/4 + b^2/4

but b = sqrt(3) * a 

aq^2 = 9a^2 / 4 + (sqrt(3)*a)^2 /4

aq^2 = 9 a^2/ 4 + 3 a^2 / 4

aq^2 = 12 a^2/4

aq^2 = 3 a^2

aq = (sqrt  3) * a which agrees with the other two.

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