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A bag contains 50 tickets numbered 1 to 50. One ticket is drawn at random. What is the probability that the number on the ticket is a multiple of 5 or 10?
51тАЛ
101тАЛ
21тАЛ
103тАЛ
51тАЛ
Instead of using the union formula, simply count the total number of unique multiples of 5 between 1 and 50 directly: 5, 10, 15, 20, 25, 30, 35, 40, 45, 50, which gives 10 favorable outcomes out of 50.
A bag contains 50 tickets numbered 1 to 50. One ticket is drawn at random.
P(AтИкB)=P(A)+P(B)тИТP(AтИйB)
Instead of using the union formula, simply count the total number of unique multiples of 5 between 1 and 50 directly: 5, 10, 15, 20, 25, 30, 35, 40, 45, 50, which gives 10 favorable outcomes out of 50.
Students often add the multiples of 5 and multiples of 10 separately without subtracting the intersection (numbers that are multiples of both 5 and 10, i.e., multiples of 10), leading to double counting.
Identify Sample Space
The total number of tickets is 50, so the size of the sample space is n(S)=50.
n(S)=50
Find Multiples of 5
Let A be the set of multiples of 5 from 1 to 50. These are 5,10,15,тАж,50, giving a total count of n(A)=550тАЛ=10.
n(A)=10
Find Multiples of 10
Let B be the set of multiples of 10 from 1 to 50. These are 10,20,30,40,50, giving a count of n(B)=1050тАЛ=5.
n(B)=5
Find Intersection (Multiples of both 5 and 10)
The numbers that are multiples of both 5 and 10 are the multiples of 10, which are 5,10,15,тАж wait, the least common multiple of 5 and 10 is 10. Thus, AтИйB consists of multiples of 10, so n(AтИйB)=5.
n(AтИйB)=5
Apply Union Formula and Calculate Probability
Using the inclusion-exclusion principle, n(AтИкB)=n(A)+n(B)тИТn(AтИйB)=10+5тИТ5=10. The probability is P=5010тАЛ=51тАЛ.
P=5010тАЛ=51тАЛ
A is correct because the number of favorable outcomes (multiples of 5 or 10) is 10 out of a total of 50 tickets, yielding a probability of 51тАЛ.
Understanding the inclusion-exclusion principle is crucial not only for probability questions involving 'OR' conditions but also for counting problems in combinatorics and number theory.