Lottery One million tickets are sold for a lottery in which a single prize will be awarded
a)If you purchase a ticket, determine your odds against winning.
b)If you purchase 10 tickets, determine your odds against winning.

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Lottery One million tickets are sold for a lottery in which a single prize will be awarded
a)If you purchase a ticket, determine your odds against winning. 
b)If you purchase 10 tickets, determine your odds against winning.

wach · Answer

a) If you purchase 1 ticket, your odds of winning are 1/1000000, so your odds of not are 999999:1 (got this by subtracting 1 from 1 million, making a ratio of odds)
b) Same goes for 10 tickets: 1000000-10=999990
So, 999990:10
Hope that helps :)

anonymous · Answer

thank you very much