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A four digit number is formed by using the digits 1, 2, 4 and 5 with no repetition. The probability that the number is divisible by 5, is

Solution

✅ Correct Option: 2

Total numbers =4!=24=4!=24.

Divisibility by 5 requires the unit digit to be 5; the remaining three digits arrange in 3!=63!=6 ways.

Probability =624=14=\dfrac{6}{24}=\dfrac14.

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