MHB Probability Question - Lottery

[bradg1]

H Everyone,

Can someone please tell me what the following chances of winning is:A customer receives 1 ballet for every \$5,000 they spend with our company during a promotion. There are a total of \$3,000,000 in purchases over the course of the promotion and therefore 600 ballets are handed out. There are a total number of 100 customers entered into this promotion although not all spend the same amount of money, some may spend \$5,000 and receive 1 ballet while others may spend \$50,000 and receive 10 ballets. We will draw 10 ballets at the end of the promotion.

What is the probability of being drawn that each ballet handed out provides?

Thanks!

BG

 

[Greg]

Hello bradg and welcome to MHB! :D

I've edited your post to provide correct rendering (precede '\$' signs with a backslash) and enhanced the title to be more descriptive of your problem.

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[bradg1]

I'm not quite sure where to begin.. which is why I posted on the site. Looking for someone to help solve this for me as it is a real life question we need answered.

Thanks!

Bradg

 

[Greg]

I believe that the probability would be 10/600 = 1/60, i.e. each ballet has a one in sixty chance of being selected, given a guaranteed random draw.