document.write( "Question 1176390: A raffle advertises that ”1 out of every 10 tickets is a winner!” You buy 30 tickets,
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document.write( "Less than one winning ticket is the same as \"NO winning tickets\".\r\n" );
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document.write( "The probability to have zero winning tickets among 30 bought tickets is\r\n" );
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document.write( "    P =  = 0.0424.     ANSWER\r\n" );
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document.write( "It says that the probability to win  having 30 randomly chosen tickets is\r\n" );
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document.write( "    P' = 1 - 0.0424 = 0.9576,\r\n" );
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