Question

In a school only, $3$ out of $5$ students can participate in a competition. What is the probability of the students who do not make it to the competition?

• A. $0.65$
• B. $0.4$
• C. $0.45$
• D. $0.6$

Answer 1

The correct option is B

$0.4$

Explanation for the correct option:

probability of the students who do not make it to the competition

Since, it is given that only $3$ students out of $5$ can participate in a quiz.

Therefore, $2$ students out of $5$ can not participate in a quiz.

Since, $\text{Probability=}\frac{\text{Number of favourable outcomes}}{\text{Total number of outcomes}}$

So, the probability of the students who will not participate in the competition is given by:

$\frac{2}{5}=0.4$

Hence, option $B$ is the correct option.