If there are fifty raffle tickets in a jar, and only two will be drawn out, and you own two of them, what chance do you have of owning both winning tickets?

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Giorgioca asked Sep 7, 2023

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If there are fifty raffle tickets in a jar, and only two will be drawn out, and you own two of them, what chance do you have of owning both winning tickets?

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I think it may be 1/1225

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first chance is 2/50 and second chance is 1/49 as one card decrease at first. So multiplying it we get 1/1225.

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1/25

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