SOLUTION: 7. You buy 4 raffle tickets at a local fund raiser. There are 200 tickets in the draw and 3 prizes. What is the probability that a least one of your tickets will be drawn?
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Question 1082070: 7. You buy 4 raffle tickets at a local fund raiser. There are 200 tickets in the draw and 3 prizes. What is the probability that a least one of your tickets will be drawn?
Answer by Boreal(15235) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
It is 1-probability none is drawn.
That is 197/200*196/199*195/198=0.955
Therefore, the probability of winning at least something is 1-0.955=0.045.
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