SOLUTION: there are 50 tickets in a lottery in which there is a first prize and a second prize. What is the probability of a man drawing a price if he owns 5 tickets?
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Question 853853: there are 50 tickets in a lottery in which there is a first prize and a second prize. What is the probability of a man drawing a price if he owns 5 tickets?
Answer by richwmiller(17219) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
There are 5*1/50 chances of winning first prize and 5*1/50 chances of winning second prize. 10/50=1/5 chances of winning a prize
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