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A girl calculates that the probability of her winning the first prize in a lottery is 0.08. If 6000 tickets are sold, then how many tickets has the bought? A. 40 B. 240 C. 480 D. 750 Select the correct answer from above options

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Given, total number of sold tickets = 6000 Let she bought x tickets. Then, probability of her winning the first prize is given as, ∴ x = 480 Hence, she bought 480 tickets.

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