Question

During each sports event the arena holds a competition to win a t-shirt. 5,000 people attend a match and 50 people win a t-shirt. Select which of the following shows the correct probability of winning a t-shirt.

0.05 1% 1/50 0.02 5%

Answer 1

The answer is 1 percent because 50 x 100 is 5,000, so that means 50 is 1%.

Answer 2

Hence, the probability of winning a t-shirt is:

1%

Explanation:

We are given that:

During each sports event the arena holds a competition to win a t-shirt.

5,000 people attend a match and 50 people win a t-shirt

We have to find the probability of winning a t-shirt.

Let P denotes the probability of an event.

Number of favorable events=Number of person winning t-shirt=50.

Also total number of outcomes=Total number of people attending an event=5000.

Hence,

P( winning t-shirt)=Number of favorable outcomes/Total number of outcomes

=50/5000

=1/100

= 1%.

Hence, the probability of winning a t-shirt is:

1%