Question

There are 500 tickets of a lottery out of which 10 are prize winning tickets. A person buys one ticket. Find the probability that he gets a prize winning ticket.

• A. $\frac{1}{100}$
• B. $\frac{1}{10}$
• C. $\frac{1}{25}$
• D. $\frac{1}{50}$

Answer 1

The correct option is D

$\frac{1}{50}$

Total no. of lottery tickets = 500

No. of prize winning tickets = 10

P (Prize winning tickets) = $\frac{10}{500}$ = $\frac{1}{50}$