SOLUTION: If each lottery has only one winning ticket, and you buy two tickets to the "Same" lottery, what is the probability that you will have a winning ticket?

Question 202886: If each lottery has only one winning ticket, and you buy two tickets to the "Same" lottery, what is the probability that you will have a winning ticket?
Answer by stanbon(75887) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
If each lottery has only one winning ticket, and you buy two tickets to the "Same" lottery, what is the probability that you will have a winning ticket?
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P(winning ticket) = 2/(# of tickets sold for that lottery)
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Cheers,
Stan H.
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