Jennie purchased 5 of the 200 tickets at the raffle. There will be two drawings for a prize. The probability that Jennie will win both of the prizes is 1 out of ____.

1,592
1,600
1,990

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Jennie purchased 5 of the 200 tickets at the raffle. There will be two drawings for a prize. The probability that Jennie will win both of the prizes is 1 out of ____.

1,592
1,600
1,990

ganeshie8 · Answer

in the first draw, she has a probability of 5 out of 200, or 1 out of 40
in the second draw, she has the same probability.

so overall she has a probability of :
$$\frac{1}{40}*\frac{1}{40}$$ = $$\frac{1}{1600}$$

that is 1 out of what ?

anonymous · Answer

1st time the prob is 5/200 ...second time it 4/199 multiply both of them....u get 1/ 1990

anonymous · Answer

Thanks

ganeshie8 · Answer

yep.. prophet is correct:) thanks @THE_PROPHET