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If you buy a lottery ticket in 50lotteries, in each of which your chance of winning a prize is role="math" localid="1646465220038" 1100, what is the (approximate) probability that you will win a prize

(a) at least once?

(b) exactly once?

(c) at least twice?

Short Answer

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(a)The probability of winning prize at least once is 0.39.

(b)The probability of winning prize exactly once is 0.30.

(c)The probability of winning prize is0.09.

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01

Given Information (Part a)

If you buy a lottery ticket in 50lotteries, in each of which your chance of winning a prize is 1100.

02

Calculation (Part a)

We buy lottery tickets in 50lotteries, in each of which chance of a winning prize is 1100.

Find the probability of winning the prize at least once.

We use the fact that for large nand small pPoisson distribution approximates binomial distribution. Obviously np=501100=12. So we have:

(X1)

=1-(X=0)

=1-e-0.5

=0.39.

03

Final answer (Part a)

Probability of winning the lottery at least once is 0.39.

04

Given Information (Part b)

If you buy a lottery ticket in 50lotteries, in each of which your chance of winning a prize is 1100.

05

Calculation (Part b)

We buy lottery tickets in 50lotteries, in each of which chance of a winning prize is 1100.

Find the probability of winning the prize exactly once.

We use the fact that for large nand small pPoisson distribution approximates binomial distribution. Obviously np=501100=12. So we have:

(X=1)

=e-0.50.511!

=0.30.

06

Final answer (Part b)

Probability of winning precisely once is 0.3.

07

Given Information (Part c)

If you buy a lottery ticket in 50 lotteries, in each of which your chance of winning a prize is1100.

08

Calculation (Part c)

We buy lottery tickets in 50lotteries, in each of which chance of a winning prize is 1100.

Find the probability of winning the prize at least twice.

We use the fact that for large nand small pPoisson distribution approximates binomial distribution. Obviously np=501100=12. So we have:

(X2)=1-(X=0)-(X=1)

=1-e-0.50.500!-e-0.50.51!

=1-e-0.5-0.5e-0.5=0.09.

09

Final answer (Part c)

Probability of winning at least twice is 0.09.

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