document.write( "Question 300225: Please settle a bet. If the odds on winning the Lottery are 20,000,000 to one and you have 20 tickets. Are my odds now 1,000,000 to one or 19,999,980 to one. Thanks for your help. \n" ); document.write( "
Algebra.Com's Answer #215486 by scott8148(6628)\"\" \"About 
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hope you bet on the million, because that's the right one\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "if you think about it (thought experiment); what if you bought 10.000,00 tickets
\n" ); document.write( "___ every other ticket is your's, so the odds are two to one that you will win
\n" ); document.write( "___ not 10,000,000 to one
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