A ticket is drawn at random from a bag containing tickets numbered from 1 to 40. Find the probability that the selected ticket has a number which is multiple of 5.

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Solution

Total no. of outcomes $= 40$

No. of outcomes which are mutiples of $5 = 8 (5, 10, 15, 20, 25, 30, 35, 40)$

Probability $= \frac{8}{40} = \frac{1}{5}$

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A ticket is drawn at random from a bag containing tickets numbered from 1 to 40. Find the probability that the selected ticket has a number which is multiple of 5.

Total no. of outcomes =40No. of outcomes which are mutiples of 5=8(5,10,15,20,25,30,35,40)Probability =840=15

Total no. of outcomes $= 40$

No. of outcomes which are mutiples of $5 = 8 (5, 10, 15, 20, 25, 30, 35, 40)$

Probability $= \frac{8}{40} = \frac{1}{5}$