A box contains 100 tickets numbered 1 to 100. Two tickets are chosen at random. The probability that the numbers on them are not consecutive is:
Step-by-Step Solution
Key Concept: First find the total number of ways to choose 2 tickets from 100, and separately count how many of these pairs are consecutive (such as (1, 2), (2, 3), ...).
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Correct Answer: (1)