A mathematics book contains 250 pages. A page is selected at random. What is the probability that the number on the page selected is a perfect square?

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A mathematics book contains 250 pages. A page is selected at random. What is the probability that the number on the page ... `(3)/(50)` D. `(7)/(125)`

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