A girl calculates that the probability of her winning the first prize in a lottery is 0.08. If 6,000 tickets are sold, how many tickets has she bought?

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480 Explanation: Given, total number of sold tickets = 6000 Let she bought x tickets. Then, probability of her winning the first prize = x/6000 = 0.08 ...[Given] $\Rightarrow$ x = 0.08 $\times$ 6000 $\therefore$ x = 480 Hence, she bought 480 tickets.

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