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To: ConservativeMind

If there are 300 million numerical possibilities and you bought 5, then there are still 299,999,995 that you have not bought. Each of the tickets has that 1 in 300 million chance. That is additive, not multiplicative.


50 posted on 09/28/2024 9:02:45 AM PDT by WarriorPoet
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To: WarriorPoet

That is idiotic. You do not understand the math.

When you buy five tickets, you have a five out of 300,000,000 chance of winning.

That means you have a one out of 60,000,000 chance of winning.

It’s that simple, poet.


51 posted on 09/28/2024 11:07:09 AM PDT by ConservativeMind (Trump: Befuddling Democrats, Republicans, and the Media for the benefit of the US and all mankind.)
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