SOLUTION: Tickets are numbered 1 to 50 and placed in a box. Three tickets are drawn at random without replacement. what is the probability that their numbers are all greater than 25? Please

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Question 880772: Tickets are numbered 1 to 50 and placed in a box. Three tickets are drawn at random without replacement. what is the probability that their numbers are all greater than 25? Please show steps. Thanks!
Answer by Fombitz(32388) About Me  (Show Source):
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Choosing the first ticket, there are 25 tickets greater than 25 and 50 total.
P%281%29=25%2F50=1%2F2
Choosing the second ticket, there are 24 tickets greater than 25 and 49 total.
P%282%29=24%2F49
Choosing the third ticket, there are 23 tickets greater than 25 and 48 total.
P%283%29=23%2F48
So these are all independent events,
P%281%2C2%2C3%29=%281%2F2%29%2824%2F49%29%2823%2F48%29
P%281%2C2%2C3%29=%281%2F2%29%281%2F49%29%2823%2F2%29
P%281%2C2%2C3%29=23%2F196