Your Roommate Plays a Pick Three Lottery Game, with Probability

question 20

Multiple Choice

Your roommate plays a Pick Three lottery game, with probability one in one thousand (0.001) of winning the largest prize. He has played every opportunity (daily, morning and night) for the past year, using his area code, and has never won-730 losses in a row. What is the probability he wins the largest prize on the next drawing?

• A) 0.001
• B) less than 0.001
• C) greater than 0.001
• D) 0
• E) 1

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SSE

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Y-intercept

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Dependent Variable

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Independent Variable

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