Question

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

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Answer 1

total events =1000
favorable events of getting a prize =5
probability of getting a prize = 5/1000
that is = 1/200

Answer 2

Saket has purchased one lottery ticket

And out of 1000 tickets,there are 5 prizes on these tickets

So no of favourable outcomes for winning a prize is same as selecting one lottery ticket from 5 lottery tickets which contain prizes which is 5C1 which is 5

As no of possible outcomes is same as no of Ways to select one ticket from 1000 tickets which is same as 1000C1 which is 1000

So probability of winning a prize = 5/1000 = 0.005