A fast-food reteraunt is holdinga contest in which the grand prize is a new sports car. Each customer is given a game card with their order. The contest rules state the odds of winning thr grand prize are 1:1,000,000.
A. For any randomly-selected game card, what is the probability that it is the winning game card for the grand prize?
B. Do your odds of winning the grand prize increase significantly if you have several game cards? Can you Explain!!?
2007-09-23 04:09:46 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous in Science & Mathematics ➔ Mathematics
A. Your odds are one in a million, because:
there are a million pre-printed game cards and only 1 card is a winner.
B. No, the number of cards = Number of chances you have.
2 cards is 2 in a 1000000, 3 cards is 3 in a million and so on, even 10 cards is only 10 in a million or 1 in 100,0000, not so significant until you have hundreds of game cards.
2007-09-23 04:29:40 · answer #1 · answered by 037 G 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A . If the way to win is a random number, then your odds are 1:1,000,000.....but if they only count the cards they sold ( lets say 500,000) then your odds would be 1:500,000
B. Not really significantly see your chance of winning is 0.000001 buying 2 cards raises it to 0.000002 ? Even thought you've doubled your chances of winning........its still not very high.
2007-09-23 04:21:27 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
The odds of any card winning is 1:1,000,000 no matter how many cards you have. The more cards you get, the more 1:1,000,000 chances you have.
2007-09-23 04:18:55 · answer #3 · answered by ArLorax 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Taco Bell
2016-05-21 07:53:43 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
If they print only 1 million cards, and you buy all of them, then your chances of winning are 100%.
2007-09-23 04:25:03 · answer #5 · answered by morningfoxnorth 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
A: 1:1,000,000
B: No
2007-09-24 12:22:15 · answer #6 · answered by Lorenzo H 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋