Question 1175218
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Without having clear description in the post, I don't know what   {{{5/39}}}  lottery means --- can only guess.


I will assume that among 39 tickets there are 5 winning:

    - one for the 1st prize;
    - one for the 2nd prize;
    - one for the 3rd prize;
    - one for the 4th prize;
    - one for the 5th prize.


Then the probability to win the second prize bying one ticket is  {{{1/39}}}.
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Good lesson to learn from this post and from my solution is &nbsp;THIS:


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    When the problem is about PROBABILITY, think about the associated probability/statistic experiment (!)
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