A rectangle has a length of 8 units and a width of 4 units. Inside this rectangle, there is a shaded area that is a square with a side length of 2 units. If a point within the rectangle is chosen at random, what is the probability that it falls inside the shaded square?
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1/8
1/16
1/4
1/2
The total area of the rectangle is 8 * 4 = 32 square units.
The area of the shaded square is 2 * 2 = 4 square units.
Therefore, the probability of randomly choosing a point within the rectangle that falls inside the shaded square is the ratio of the area of the shaded square to the total area of the rectangle, which is 4 / 32 = 1/8.
So, the correct answer is 1/8.