Question

A girl calculated the probility of her winning the first prize in a lottery is 0.08 if 6000 tickets are sold how many tickets has she bought

Answer 1

$\bf\huge\underline{Question}$

A girl calculates the probability of her winning the first prize in a lottery is 0.08. If 6000 tickets are sold how many tickets has she bought?

$\bf\huge\underline{Solution}$

Given, total number of tickets sold =6000

Let she bought x tickets.

Then, probability of her winning the first prize = $\dfrac{x}{6000}$

=> 0.08 = $\dfrac{x}{6000}$ [given]

=> x = 0.08 × 6000

Therefore, x = 480

Hence, she bought 480 tickets.

Answer 2

Probability = Favourable outcome / Total outcomes

So , Favourable outcomes =

Probability * Total outcomes

= 0.08 * 6000

= 480

So , the girl bought 480 tickets.