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National Debt Lottery. Suppose the government hopes to pay off the 2013 gross debt of abou...

National Debt Lottery. Suppose the government hopes to pay off the 2013 gross debt of about $17 trillion with a national lottery. For the debt to be paid off in 50 years, how much would each citizen have to spend on lottery tickets each year? Assume that half of the lottery revenue goes toward debt reduction and that there are 315 million citizens.

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