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An individual's chances of being killed by a lighting strike in a given year is 1/5,000,000. The Georgia Lottery has just invented a new game "Thunder" in which you win if you guess 5 out of 65 numbers right (order does not matter).

(A)True

(B) False


Your chances of winning Thunder are higher than your chances of dying in a lightning strike in a given year.


(A) Higher

(B) Lower

(C) The same

(D) Can't compare.

User Kevin Law
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Answer: a) True, b) Higher.

Explanation:

Since we have given that

Probability of dying in a lightning strike in a given year is given by


(1)/(5000000)\\\\=0.0000002

Probability of winning Thunder is given by


(5)/(65)=0.07

So, 0.07> 0.0000002

Chances of winning thunder are higher than chances of dying in a lightning strike in a given year.

Hence, A) True, b) Higher.

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