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Find the probability of choosing square numbers between 2 and 100.

Sample space S = {2, 3, …, 100}
Therefore n(S) = 99
Let A denote the event of choosing a square number.
Then A = {4, 9, 16, 25, 36, 49, 64, 81, 100}
   n(A) = 9
Therefore P(A)= = .

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