Suppose that it is a drawing in which the Powerball jackpot is promised to exceed $700 million.

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Suppose that it is a drawing in which the Powerball jackpot is promised to exceed $700 million. If a person purchases 292,201,338 tickets at $2 per ticket (all possible combinations), isn’t this a guarantee of winning the jackpot? Because the probability in this situation is 1, what’s wrong with doing this?

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College Algebra

ISBN: 9780134453262

7th Edition

Authors: Robert F Blitzer

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