Product of four random digits ending in 1, 3, 7 or 9
Question
Four integers are chosen independently and uniformly from (repeats are allowed). What is the probability that their product ends in the digit , , or ?
Short answer
. The product's last digit is odd and not exactly when no factor is even and no factor is , i.e. every choice lies in . Each pick does so with probability , giving .
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- Counting and Combinatorics
- Sample Spaces, Events, and the Probability Axioms
- Conditional Probability, Total Probability, and Bayes' Rule
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