You buy a draw ticket for the door prize at your class's Holiday party. There are only 100 tickets sold. You also buy a ticket for a 50/50 draw. You are told the probability of winning the 50/50 draw is 0.02. What is the probability that you will win either the door prize or the 50/50 draw?

You buy a draw ticket for the door prize at your class's Holiday party. There are only 100 tickets sold. You also buy a ticket for a 50/50 draw. You are told the probability of winning the 50/50 draw is 0.02. What is the probability that you will win either the door prize or the 50/50 draw?

College Algebra (MindTap Course List)

12th Edition

ISBN:9781305652231

Author:R. David Gustafson, Jeff Hughes

Publisher:R. David Gustafson, Jeff Hughes

Chapter8: Sequences, Series, And Probability

Section8.7: Probability

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You buy a draw ticket for the door prize at
your class's Holiday party. There are only
100 tickets sold. You also buy a ticket for a
50/50 draw. You are told the probability of
winning the 50/50 draw is 0.02. What is the
probability that you will win either the door
prize or the 50/50 draw?

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