Question

On a popular television game show, a contestant must choose one of the five envelopes. One envelope contains the grand prize, a car. Find the probability of not choosing a car. Show your solution.

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Answer 1

4/5

Explanation:

First, we know that we have 5 envelopes. So the denominator of the probability is going to be x/5. We then realize that only one envelope has the car, so the probability of that is 1/5. If we subtract 1/5 from the probability of choosing an envelope (5/5), we get 5/5-1/5=4/5.