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document.write( ": <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> 16. Central high school is selling lottery tickets to raise money for a new sound system. There are 18 prizes for the lottery, and the students and teachers sold 2400 tickets.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "A. what fraction of the people who bought tickets will win a prize?<BR>\n" );
document.write( "B. what fraction of the people who bought tickets will not win a prize?<BR>\n" );
document.write( "C. what is the probability that someone who buys one ticket will win a prize?  </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "A. what fraction of the people who bought tickets will win a prize?<BR>\n" );
document.write( "=18/2400=3/400=0.03/4=0.0075<BR>\n" );
document.write( "B. what fraction of the people who bought tickets will not win a prize?<BR>\n" );
document.write( "=1-0.0075=0.9925<BR>\n" );
document.write( "C. what is the probability that someone who buys one ticket will win a prize?<BR>\n" );
document.write( "=1/2400....OR....(1/24)% </SPAN>\n" );
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