Question

A textbook has 428 pages numbered in order starting with 1. You flip a random page in the book in a way that is equally likely to stop at any of the pages. (Type your answers as fractions).

What is the probability that you turn to page 45?

Answer 1

1/428

Explanation:

There are 428 pages,

Each page likely to be turned onto as equally as every other page,

and there is one possible correct page.