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Suppose the odds against winning the lottery are 56,000,000 to 1. What is the probability of the event of winning the lottery given these odds?

A First Course in Probability (10th Edition)

10th Edition

ISBN:9780134753119

Author:Sheldon Ross

Publisher:Sheldon Ross

Chapter1: Combinatorial Analysis

Section: Chapter Questions

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