As part of a fundraiser, raffle tickets were sold to participants for a chance to win a gift card in one of the following amounts: $5, $10, $20, and $50. Among the 150 raffle tickets sold, 9 tickets will be chosen that award $5 each, 6 tickets will be chosen that award $10 each, 4 tickets will be chosen that award $20 each, and 1 ticket will be chosen that awards $50. The tickets will be chosen randomly and without replacement, and each ticket is equally likely to be chosen. If a participant purchased one ticket, what is the probability of that participant winning a gift card of any amount?

A First Course in Probability (10th Edition)
10th Edition
ISBN:9780134753119
Author:Sheldon Ross
Publisher:Sheldon Ross
Chapter1: Combinatorial Analysis
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As part of a fundraiser, raffle tickets were sold to participants for a chance to win a gift card in one of the following amounts: $5, $10, $20, and $50. Among the 150 raffle tickets sold, 9 tickets will be chosen that award $5 each, 6 tickets will be chosen that award $10 each, 4 tickets will be chosen that award $20 each, and 1 ticket will be chosen that awards $50. The tickets will be chosen randomly and without replacement, and each ticket is equally likely to be chosen. If a participant purchased one ticket, what is the probability of that participant winning a gift card of any amount?

 
 
 
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