document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=721104>Question 721104</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Lottery Ticket. In a bin are an equal number of balls marked with the digits 1-9. Three balls are to be selected from the bin, one after the other, at random with replacement to make the winning three-digit lottery number. Ms. Jones has a lottery ticket with a three digit number in the range 000 to 999. Determine the probability that Ms. Jones's number is the winning number. </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "# of possible 3-digit numbers: 1000<BR>\n" );
document.write( "# of winners: 1<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "P(get winning #) = 1/1000 = 0.001<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Cheers,<BR>\n" );
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