You bought 12 raffle tickets that are good for 4 raffles. If 715 total tickets were sold what is the probability that you will win at least 1 of the raffles?

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Answer:

0.06546.

Step-by-step explanation:

Total number of tickets = 715

Good raffle tickets  (Prize) = 4

Number of tickets bought = 12

[tex]\text{Probability of winning}=\dfrac{\text{Number of tickets bought}}{\text{Total raffle tickets}}[/tex]

[tex]\text{Probability of winning}=\dfrac{12}{715}[/tex]

[tex]\text{Probability of not winning}=1-\dfrac{12}{715}=\dfrac{703}{715}[/tex]

Let x be event of the number of winning prizes.

Probability that you will win at least 1 of the raffles is

[tex]P(x\geq 1)=1-P(x=0)[/tex]

[tex]P(x\geq 1)=1-^{4}C_0\left(\dfrac{12}{715}\right)^0\left(\dfrac{703}{715}\right)^{4-0}[/tex]

[tex]P(x\geq 1)=1-\left(\dfrac{703}{715}\right)^{4}[/tex]

[tex]P(x\geq 1)=1-0.93454[/tex]

[tex]P(x\geq 1)=0.06546[/tex]

Therefore, the required probability is 0.06546.