Question

The seats are divided into 40 sections. If hats are to be given in only 5 sections, what is the probability of a guest sitting in a winning section?

Answer 1

1/8 or 5/40

Explanation:

You need to first create a fraction which would be 5/40 since the formula of probability is number of outcomes in a / number of outcomes in the sample space.

Simplify the fraction

5/40 = 1/8