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Postby frankie10 on Mon Jul 13, 2009 2:39 am

dream of lifetime lottery sold 50,000 tickets and gave away 5,000 prizes including 1 grand prize,what are the odds in favor of winning a prize with 1 ticket.
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Postby stapel_eliz on Mon Jul 13, 2009 10:29 am

How many tickets will be winning tickets? How many tickets will be losing tickets?

Plug these values into the formula they gave you for odds. :D
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