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The probability that a number selected at random from the number 1, 2, 3, ....., 15 is a multiple of 4 is

Total numbers of elementary event are 15


Let E be the event of selecting a multiple of 4


Favourable outcomes are: 4, 8, 12,


Numbers of favourable outcomes are 3


P (E) = 3/15 = 1/5

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