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Question 941492: john bought 20 tickets for a raffle. the probability of him winning is 0.04. how many raffle tickets were sold
Answer by stanbon(75887) About Me  (Show Source):
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john bought 20 tickets for a raffle. the probability of him winning is 0.04. how many raffle tickets were sold
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probability = # of ways to win / # of possible results
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20/# of tickets sold = 4/100
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# sold/20 = 100/4
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# sold = 500
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Cheers,
Stan H.
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