Mathematics
In a lottery, there are 5 prized tickets and 995 blank tickets. A person buys a lottery ticket. Find the probability of his winning a prize.
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Answer
Total no. of tickets = 995 + 5 = 1000
Let E1 be the event of getting a prized ticket, then number of favourable outcomes to E1 = 5
Hence, the probability of winning a prize is .
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