SOLUTION: If there are 20 tickets in a lottery with only one prize and five of the tickets belong to lottery organizers, what are the odds against {{{highlight(cross(the))}}} that organize

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Question 1176412: If there are 20 tickets in a lottery with only one prize and five of the tickets belong to lottery organizers,
what are the odds against that organizers win prize ?
Answer by ikleyn(52814)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
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    the odds against that organizers win prize are 15 to 5.



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