In a lottery of 50 tickets numbered 1 to 50, one ticket is drawn.

Question:

In a lottery of 50 tickets numbered 1 to 50, one ticket is drawn. Find the probability thatn the drawn ticket bears a prime number.

Solution:

GIVEN: Tickets are marked with one of the numbers 1 to 50. One ticket is drawn at random.

TO FIND: Probability of getting a prime number on the drawn ticket

Total number of tickets is 5.

Tickets marked prime number are 1,3,5,7,11,13,17,19,23,29,31,37,43,47,49

Total number of tickets marked prime is 15

We know that PROBABILITY = 

Hence probability of getting a prime number on the ticket is 

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