High School

The winner of a raffle will receive a new SUV. If 500 raffle tickets were sold and you purchased 10 tickets, what are the odds of you winning the car?

Select all correct answers:

A. 10:500
B. 1:49
C. 1:50
D. 49:1
E. 500:10
F. 250:2
G. 1:100
H. 490:10

Answer :

Final answer:

The odds of winning the car when 500 tickets were sold and you purchased 10 is 1:49 after simplifying the ratio of 10:490. Therefore correct option is B

Explanation:

If 500 raffle tickets were sold and you purchased 10 tickets, the odds of you winning the car can be calculated as the ratio of tickets you own to the tickets you don't own. You have 10 tickets, and there are 490 tickets owned by others, making the odds of your winning 10 to 490, which can be simplified.

First, you can express your odds as a ratio of 10:490, which simplifies to 1:49 after dividing both numbers by 10.

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