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A gas station offers a lucky draw to customers.

each time you spend more than $20 on gas, you can make a draw to win a prize.
the probability of winning a prize is 1/12
suppose you buy gas 4 times. what is the probability of you winning a prize each time?

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Answer/Step-by-step explanation:

Given:

A gas station offers a lucky draw to customers. Each time you spend more than $20 on gas, you can make a draw to win a prize. The probability of winning a prize is 1/12 suppose you buy gas 4 times.

To Find:

what is the probability of you winning a prize each time?

Solve:

Since, it given that you buy gas 4 times. Thus that means:

1/12 × 1/12 × 1/12 × 1/12 or 1/12⁴

Now solving it:

1/12 × 1/12 × 1/12 × 1/12 = 1/20736

Which also means (0.0048%) in decimal form since, 1 divide by 2076 equal to 0.0048%

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