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30 tickets are sold and three prizes are to be awarded, find the probability that one person will win all three prizes if that person buys three tickets. (In fraction form.)

College Algebra (MindTap Course List)

12th Edition

ISBN:9781305652231

Author:R. David Gustafson, Jeff Hughes

Publisher:R. David Gustafson, Jeff Hughes

Chapter8: Sequences, Series, And Probability

Section8.7: Probability

Problem 25E

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