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A square patio is made of 16 congruent square tiles arranged in a grid. One tile is selected at random. What is the probability that the selected tile is on the edge of the patio but not a corner tile?
Explanation
There are tiles total in a grid. The edge tiles include all tiles on the outside border. Since the 4 corner tiles should not be counted, count only the edge tiles that are not corners. On each side of the patio, there are such tiles between the corners. With sides, that gives tiles. Therefore, the probability is .
Concept summary
For probability, divide the number of favorable outcomes by the total number of equally likely outcomes. In a grid, careful counting of boundary, corner, and interior squares is essential.