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1000 Tickets of a Lottery Were Sold and There Are 5 Prizes on These Tickets. If Namita Has Purchased One Lottery Ticket, What is the Probability of Winning a Prize? - Mathematics

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1000 tickets of a lottery were sold and there are 5 prizes on these tickets. If Namita has purchased one lottery ticket, what is the probability of winning a prize?

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Solution

n(S) = 1000
n(E) = 5
P(E) = ?

P(E) = `"n(E)"/"n(S)" = 5/1000 = 0.005`.

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