The winner of a raffle will receive a 21-foot outboard boat. if 6000 raffle tickets were sold and you purchased 30 tickets, what are the odds against your winning the boat?

199: 1.

Step-by-step explanation:

The odds against any event is the ratio of the unfavorable outcomes to the favorable outcomes.

Given , The winner of a raffle will receive a 21-foot outboard boat.

Total raffle tickets were sold  = 6000

Number of tickets you have = 30

We assume that the lottery was fair , then, the number of possible outcome that you will win = 30

and the number of possible outcomes that one of the others wins = 6000-30= 5970

Then, the odds against your winning the boat = Number of possible outcomes that one of the others wins : Number of possible outcome that you will win

= 5970: 30 = 199:1   [∵]

Hence, the odds against your winning the boat = 199: 1.

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