Question

A school carnival offers a lottery and other games of chance. All people attending the carnival are entered into the lottery when they pay the admission fee. The numbered lottery tickets are placed in a bowl, mixed, and removed one at a time from the bowl ("drawn") by a disinterested person. The person holding the ticket with the chosen number wins a prize. The lottery numbers chosen are not returned to the bowl until the final drawing (see Table 1-1 below). Before the final drawing, all previously drawn lottery tickets, except for the very last ticket drawn are placed back in the bowl and the tickets are mixed by stirring. The number of people attending the carnival is 247 Table 1-1 is chosen lottery ticket number on draw | #1 | #2 | #3 | #4 | #5 | Final drawin returned to bowl for final drawing? N/A For each case below, find the odds that a) Person A wins the prize for the first randomly chosen lottery ticket? b) Person B wins the prize for the second randomly chosen lottery ticket? ) Person C wins the prize for the fifth randomly chosen lottery ticket? ) Person C's number was selected on the fifth draw and Person C won the final prize? ) Person B's number was selected on the second draw and Person B did not win the final prize?

Answer 1

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