Question

Every day, Jorge buys a lottery ticket. Each ticket has a probability of of winning a prize. After six days, what is the probability that Jorge has won at least one prize? Round your answer to four decimal places.

Answer 1

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Question:

Every day, Jorge buys a lottery ticket. Each ticket has a 0.16 probability of winning a prize. After six days, what is the probability that Jorge has won at least one prize? Round your answer to four decimal places.

Answer:

The probability that Jorge has won at least one prize after six days is

P(at least 1 win) = 0.6487

Step-by-step explanation:

Every day, Jorge buys a lottery ticket which has a 0.16 chance of winning a prize.

We want to find out the probability that Jorge has won at least one prize after six days.

P(at least 1 win) = 1 - P(not winning for 6 days)

We know that the probability of winning is 0.16 then the probability of not winning is

P(not winning) = 1 - 0.16 = 0.84

For 6 days,

P(not winning for 6 days) = 0.84×0.84×0.84×0.84×0.84×0.84

P(not winning for 6 days) = 0.84⁶

P(not winning for 6 days) = 0.3513

Finally,

P(at least 1 win) = 1 - P(not winning for 6 days)

P(at least 1 win) = 1 - 0.3513

P(at least 1 win) = 0.6487