Question

Slips of paper numbered 1 to 15 are placed in a box. A slip of paper is drawn at random. What is the probability that the number picked is either a multiple of 5 or an odd number?

Answer 1

Given:

Slips of paper numbered 1 to 15 are placed in a box.

To find:

The probability that the number picked is either a multiple of 5 or an odd number.

Solution:

We have,

Total outcomes = 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15

No. of total outcomes = 15

Multiple of 5 are 5, 10, 15.

Odd numbers are 1, 3, 5, 7, 9, 11, 13, 15.

Number that are either a multiple of 5 or an odd number are 1, 3, 5, 7, 9, 10, 11, 13, 15.

No. of favorable outcomes = 9

We know that,

$\text{Probability}=\dfrac{\text{Favorable outcomes}}{\text{Total outcomes}}$

$\text{Probability}=\dfrac{9}{15}$

$\text{Probability}=\dfrac{3}{5}$

$\text{Probability}=0.6$

Therefore, the  probability that the number picked is either a multiple of 5 or an odd number is 0.6.