2002 AMC 10A Problem 24


Tina randomly selects two distinct numbers from the set {1,2,3,4,5}\{1, 2, 3, 4, 5\}, and Sergio randomly selects a number from the set {1,2,...,10}\{1, 2, ..., 10\}. The probability that Sergio’s number is larger than the sum of the two numbers chosen by Tina is

(A) 25(B) 920(C) 12(D) 1120(E) 2425\text{(A)}\ \dfrac25 \qquad \text{(B)}\ \dfrac9{20} \qquad \text{(C)}\ \dfrac12 \qquad \text{(D)}\ \dfrac{11}{20} \qquad \text{(E)}\ \dfrac{24}{25}

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Category: AMC 10A
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