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Playing the numbers. Here is a numbers game. You choose a number from 000 to 999 each morning and compare it to the last three digits of the official attendance figures at the nearest racetrack. What is the probability of guessing the correct number at least once if you make a guess each day for three years? (Hint: Consider a related example from this section.)
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