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At a fundraiser, a school group charges $6 for tickets for a "grab bag." You choose one bill at random from a bag that contains 40 $1 bills, 20 $5 bills, 5 $10 bills, 5 $20 bills, and 1 $100 bill. is it likely that you will win enough to pay for your ticket? Justify your answer

User Erocoar
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Answer:

The probability of picking the required dollar bill is 0.155 which means a "NO" and my expectations aren't that high

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At a fundraiser, a school group charges $6 for tickets for a "grab bag.&quot-example-1
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