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One ticket is drawn at random from a bag containing tickets numbered 1 to 40. The probability that the selected ticket has a number which is a multiple of 5 is

Number of total outcomes = 40

Multiples of 5 between 1 to 40 = 5, 10, 15, 20, 25, 30, 35, 40


∴ Total number of possible outcomes = 8


∴ Required probability = 8/40 = 1/5

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