Maria went to a store to buy a lottery ticket. The tickets were numbered from 1 to 50. She wants to buy a ticket with her lucky number on it. Find the chances of her choosing the ticket with her lucky number out of the total tickets.

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Solution

Total number of tickets = 50
Number of tickets with her lucky number = 1

So, Maria's chance of choosing a ticket with her lucky number on it is 1 out of 50.

Thus, Maria's chance of choosing a ticket with her lucky number out of the $total tickets is \frac{1}{50} .$

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