If you purchase a ticket at random,   What is the probability of winning any prize? What is the probability of winning $10,000, given that you have a winning ticket? What is the probability of not winning anything?

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  1. For one of the many scratch-and-win lottery games in Texas we have the following information.

There are 300,000,000 total tickets available.  And the distribution is as follows

PRIZE                                       NUMBER OF WINNERS

$2                                                                          29,900,000

$5                                                                            6,000,000

$10                                                                             800,000

$20                                                                             600,000

$50                                                                             125,000

$100                                                                             30,000

$1,000                                                                            2,500

$10,000                                                                             500

 

If you purchase a ticket at random,

 

  1. What is the probability of winning any prize?
  2. What is the probability of winning $10,000, given that you have a winning ticket?
  3. What is the probability of not winning anything?
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