Homework Help: Math

Posted by Ana on Friday, February 20, 2009 at 4:58pm.

In a raffle, the prizes that can be won are as follows: 25 gift certificates to a restaurant, 15 cash prizes, and 1 car. There are 500 tickets purchased for the raffle. What is the probability that he owner of a ticket will win a cash prize, given that the ticket is selected in the raffle?

Math - drwls, Friday, February 20, 2009 at 5:25pm
IF it is selected, there are 15 chances out of 41 that it will be a cash prize ticket. The number of 500 tickets does not matter, since you said a winning number was drawn.
Math - Brianna, Friday, February 20, 2009 at 8:13pm
drwls i right. The answer would be 15:41

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