document.write( "Question 768256: A fund-raising raffle has sold 100 tickets which are numbered 1 to 100, one ticket is chosen, find the probability that the ticket:\r
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document.write( "Won't be 57.
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document.write( "Will have a 5 as its last digit.
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document.write( "Won't end in zero.\r
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document.write( "These are complementary events questions.\r
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Algebra.Com's Answer #468192 by stanbon(75887) ![]() You can put this solution on YOUR website! A fund-raising raffle has sold 100 tickets which are numbered 1 to 100, one ticket is chosen, \n" ); document.write( "Find the probability that the ticket: \n" ); document.write( "Won't be 57:::::: 1-P(# is 57) = 1-(1/100) = 0.99 \n" ); document.write( "------------------------------------------------------ \n" ); document.write( "Will have a 5 as its last digit. \n" ); document.write( "Ways that can happen::: 5,15,25,35,45,55,65,75,85,95---- 10 ways \n" ); document.write( "P(5 is the last digit) = 10/100 = 0.10 \n" ); document.write( "------------------------------------------------------ \n" ); document.write( "Won't end in zero. \n" ); document.write( "Ways it can end in zero::: 10,20,...90,100-------10 ways \n" ); document.write( "P(won't end in zero) = 1 - 0.1 = 0.90 \n" ); document.write( "=========================================== \n" ); document.write( "Cheers, \n" ); document.write( "Stan H. \n" ); document.write( "================== \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( " |