Question

2000 ticketsof lottery were sold and there are 8 prizes on these tickets your freind has purchased one lottery ticket what is the probability that your freind wins a prize

Answer 1

Since the total no. of lottery tickets is 2000 and the number of tickets containing prize is 8, therefore the probability of friend for winning a prize is 8/2000=1/250.
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Answer 2

Here,
The probability to win prizes = 12.5 % out of 100%

$2000 \div 8 = 250$
$\frac{250}{2000} \times 100$
=12.5%

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