Question

A community group sells 2,000 tickets for its raffle. The grand prize is a car. Neil and his 9 friends buy 10 tickets each. When the winning ticket number is announced, it is found to belong to Neil's group. Given this information, what is the probability that the ticket belongs to Neil?

Answer 1

90/2000

Answer 2

90/2000??????

Answer 3

What's \(9\times 10\)?

Answer 4

justify @DangerousJesse m too confused.

Answer 5

10/90

Answer 6

got it..ya..

Answer 7

neil and his 9 friends buy 10 tickets each.....thats 10 x 10 = 100 tickets in neils group

but for the probability for it to be Neils...10/100 = 1/10

Answer 8

@Probhat not only are your answers both wrong, you also should not just post an answer without explanation.

Answer 9

simple
1/2000

Answer 10

reading and understanding the question is important
if it is not clear what it is asking, don't try to do it

Answer 11

and no. @parikpelletpro it is not that

Answer 12

ur right

Answer 13

go with @texaschic101

Answer 14

neil is one of ten people
go with \(\frac{1}{10}\)

Answer 15

10/100
is correct

Answer 16

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