SOLUTION: In a raffle, the winners of the first and second prizes each receive one ticket to an upcoming concert. You and a friend each buy a raffle ticket along with 12 other people. What i
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Question 1089631: In a raffle, the winners of the first and second prizes each receive one ticket to an upcoming concert. You and a friend each buy a raffle ticket along with 12 other people. What is the exact probability that you win the first prize and your friend wins the second prize?
Answer by Boreal(15235) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
for you it is is 1/14 to win and for the friend, it is 1/13, since there are 13 chances.
The joint probability is 1/182.
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