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In a lottery, there are 6 prizes and 24 blanks. What is the probability of not getting a prize?

Total numbers of elementary events are: 30


Let E be the probability of not getting a prize


Numbers of Favourable outcomes= 24


P (E) = 24/30 = 12 /15 = 4/ 5

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