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Jennifer is playing cards with her bestie when she draws a card from a pack of 25 cards numbered from 1 to 25. What is the probability of drawing a number that is square?

The squares from 1 - 25 less than or equal to 25 are as follows:
  1. 1^2 = 1
  2. 2^2 = 4
  3. 3^2 = 9
  4. 4^2 = 16
  5. 5^2 = 25
So the following 5 cards are squares:
{1, 4, 9, 16, 25}

Therefore, our probability of drawing a square is:
P(square) = Number of Squares / Number of Cards
P(square) = 5/25

This fraction can be simplified. So we type in 5/25 into our search engine, choose simplify, and we get:
P(square) = 1/5
 
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