You enter a lottery. You pick three numbers between 1 and 50. You win the grand prize if your three numbers are picked. What is the probability you win?

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You enter a lottery. You pick three numbers

between 1 and 50. You win the grand prize if your
three numbers are picked. What is the probability
you win?

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3/50, or 6%. You have 3 chances to win out of 50 numbers, and 3 divided by 50 is .06, which translates to 6%.

Tzig answered Dec 26, 2022

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