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counting and probability senior

Problem

Two distinct numbers a and b are chosen randomly from the set . What is the probability that is an integer?
(A)
(B)
(C)
(D)
Solution
Let , so . Define , ; then , so . Here we can just make a table and count the number of values of per value of . The largest possible value of is 12, and we get . The total number of ways to pick two distinct numbers is , so we get a probability of .
Final answer
B