student government sold 600 tickets for a raffle. they sell each ticket for $1. an officer draws one winning ticket from a box.

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prohojiy [21]

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student government sold 600 tickets for a raffle. they sell each ticket for $1. an officer draws one winning ticket from a box.

if you've purchased 8 tickets, what is the probability that you will win?

Mathematics

1 answer:

Vlad [161] · Answer 1 · 2022-05-12T14:25:18+03:00

We have that
the total sold tickets is -------------------------- >600


the probability of winning with 1 ticket
P=1/600=0.001667---------------- > 0.17%

the probability of winning with 8 ticket
P=(1/600)*8=0.0133---------------- > 1.33%

the answer is 1.33%