Question

In a lucky draw, a winning ticket is to be drawn from 200 tickets numbered 1 to 200. Andy holds 1 ticket, Joe holds 9 tickets and Sam holds 4 tickets. What is the probability of each of them winning a prize?​

Answer 1

The probability of winning a prize is the number of tickets held by the person divided by the total number of tickets.

Explanation:

Andy holds 1 ticket, so his probability of winning is 1/200.

Joe holds 9 tickets, so his probability of winning is 9/200.

Sam holds 4 tickets, so his probability of winning is 4/200.

Therefore, Andy has the lowest probability of winning, Joe has the highest probability of winning, and Sam has a probability of winning that is in between Andy and Joe.