MAA MinuteMath: December 10, 2008

Wednesday, December 10, 2008

December 10, 2008

Six distinct positive integers are randomly chosen between 1 and 2006, inclusive. What is the probability that some pair of these integers has a difference that is a multiple of 5?

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