Answer to Question #212987 in Psychology for Kat

Question

Sipho jackson and his wife joy entered a competition to win a Mercedes A class worth R700000 from their nearest Dealer sipho sent 40 entries while joy sent in 10 entries the dealership administrators revealed that only 200 entries qualified. use this information to answer the following questions.

1. What is the probability that sipho will win first prize.

Answer 1

Sipho Jackson and his wife joy entered a competition to win a Mercedes A class worth R700000 from their nearest Dealer sipho sent 40 entries while joy sent in 10 entries the dealership administrators revealed that only 200 entries qualified. Use this information to answer the following questions.

1.    What is the probability that sipho will win first prize.

P (Sipho) = 40/200

              = 1/5