USING LOTTERIES IN TEACHING A CHANCE COURSE Written …

winning second prize is 41 in 80,089,128; rounded to the nearest integer this is 1 in 1,953,393. This is a good time to introduce the concept of independence. You could find the probability of winning the second prize by pointing out the probability that you get the 5 white numbers correct is 1/C(49,5). The ................
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