Question

Suppose a machine produces a random integer. What is the probability that the integer has a million digits or less?

Answer 1

I'd call for indeterminate.

Answer 2

This one is pretty obvious actually...

Answer 3

For all practical purposes it's roughly 0.

Answer 4

It approaches 0, actually.

Answer 5

But yes, if 0.0000000000............ = 0, then yes.

Answer 6

There's no approaching here... this isn't a limit. There are no variables.

Answer 7

Though, because it's impossible to determine the number of maximum digits, it'd be indeterminate... no?

Answer 8

It's not impossible to determine the number of maximum digits because there IS no maximum number of digits.

Answer 9

What if it does select a number with million digits? Then where does your zero probability go?

Answer 10

It's not impossible, no?

Answer 11

Nobody said it is equal to zero; I said it's practically zero.

Answer 12

Again, nobody said it was impossible.

Answer 13

That would be very rare.

Answer 14

A machine cannot produce a random integer,
the machine will have a range

Answer 15

I second Uncle. There must be a upper limit for the machine. or once in a while it will pop up infinity at you...

Answer 16

Mathematics is imaginary, and that's the only thing cool in it.