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Question 23
A girl calculates that the probability of her winning the first prize in a lottery is 0.08. If 6000 tickets are sold, then how many tickets has she bought?
(a) 40
(b) 240
(c) 480
(d) 750

Answer 1

Given, total number of sold tickets =6000
Let she bought x tickets.
Then, probability of her winnings the first pize =$\frac{x}{6000}=0.08$
$\Rightarrow x=0.08\times 6000\therefore x=480$
Hence, she bought 480 tickets.