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Answer 1

6. We have four numbers 1, 2, 3, 4 to pick a number.

Thus, each student is likely to choose each number 25% of the time.

So , number of students selected the same number as we did = 25% of 50 = ( 25 × 50 ) ÷ 100 = 12.5

We can round this upto 13 people or down to 12 people because we can't have half person.

Our answer is 12-13 people