Answer the following simple questions The probability of win

Answer the following simple questions.

The probability of winning the Lottery is 0.0067%.

(1) What is the probability of NOT winning the Lottery? Round to the nearest 100th of a percent.

Comment: In other words, you won\'t win!

(2) The probability of passing Math this semester is 41.3%

What is the probability of NOT passing Math class this semester? Round to the nearest 100th of a percent.

Solution

Note that complementary events have probabilities that sum up to 1 or 100%.

Hence,

1)

P(not win) = 100% - 0.0067% = 99.9933% [answer]

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2)

P(not pass) = 100% - 41.3% = 58.7% [answer]