Question

Lots of Points!! HELP!! There are 1200 students at Sophie’s school. One student’s name will be drawn at random to win a new bike. What is the probability that Sophie will win the bike?

Describe the sample space for this problem.


Which outcome (or outcomes) of the sample space compose the event?


Express the probability of Sophie winning the bike as a fraction and as a decimal.


Describe the probability of Sophie winning the bike as impossible, unlikely, neither likely nor unlikely, likely or certain. Justify your response.

Please just answer one I need all the help!!

Answer 1

The sample space would be the number of students, so 1200.

The outcome the compose the event would be drawing one name at random.

The probability of Sophia winning would be 1 out of 1200, as a fraction: 1/1200, as a decimal: 0.00083

Because there is 1200 students, the probablity would be unlikely, since the sample is a large number.