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A girl calculates that the probability of her winning the first prize in a lottery is 0.08. If 6,000 tickets are sold, how many tickets has she bought? - Mathematics

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प्रश्न

A girl calculates that the probability of her winning the first prize in a lottery is 0.08. If 6,000 tickets are sold, how many tickets has she bought?

विकल्प

  • 40

  • 240

  • 480

  • 750

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उत्तर

480

Explanation:

Given, total number of sold tickets = 6000

Let she bought x tickets.

Then, probability of her winning the first prize = `x/6000` = 0.08  ...[Given]

⇒ x = 0.08 × 6000

∴ x = 480

Hence, she bought 480 tickets.

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अध्याय 13: Statistics and Probability - Exercise 13.1 [पृष्ठ १६०]

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एनसीईआरटी एक्झांप्लर Mathematics [English] Class 10
अध्याय 13 Statistics and Probability
Exercise 13.1 | Q 23 | पृष्ठ १६०

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