In a raffle, the prizes that can be won are as follows: 25 gift certificates to a restaurant, 15 cash prizes, and 1 car. There are 500 tickets purchased for the raffle. What is the probability that he owner of a ticket will win a cash prize, given that the ticket is selected in the raffle?

IF it is selected, there are 15 chances out of 41 that it will be a cash prize ticket. The number of 500 tickets does not matter, since you said a winning number was drawn.

drwls i right. The answer would be 15:41

To find the probability that the owner of a ticket will win a cash prize, given that the ticket is selected in the raffle, we need to determine the number of favorable outcomes and the total number of possible outcomes.

Given that there are 25 gift certificates, 15 cash prizes, and 1 car, the total number of possible outcomes is the sum of these: 25 + 15 + 1 = 41.

Since there are 500 tickets purchased for the raffle, the total number of possible outcomes is 500.

The number of favorable outcomes is the number of cash prizes, which is 15.

Therefore, the probability of winning a cash prize can be calculated using the formula:

Probability of winning a cash prize = Number of favorable outcomes / Total number of possible outcomes

Probability of winning a cash prize = 15 / 500

Calculating this, we find that the probability of winning a cash prize, given that the ticket is selected in the raffle, is 0.03, or 3%.