Question

Suppose that neighborhood soccer players are selling raffle tickets for $500 worth of groceries at a local store, and you bought a $1 ticket for yourself and one for your mother. The children eventually sold 1000 tickets. What is the probability that you will win first place while your mother wins second place?

Answer 1

The probability is 0.001001.

Explanation:

Players are selling raffle tickets for $500 worth of groceries at a local store.

You bought a $1 ticket for yourself and one for your mother.

The children eventually sold 1000 tickets.

We have to find the probability that you will win first place while your mother wins second place.

We can find this as :

P(winning) =
`1/999=0.001001`