# Lottery

The lottery is 60000 elk in which 6200 wins. What is the probability that the purchase of 12 elks won nothing?

Result

p =  27 %

#### Solution:

$p = 100 \cdot \ (1 - 6200/60000)^{ 12 }; \doteq 27.013 = 27 \%$

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