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I have been asked by a customer in Missisauga to track down some odds of winning a contest. In this contest, the last 4 digits of the winner's driver's license number have to match the last 4 digits of a Harley VIN number. There are 200 people maximum allowed into the drawing, 10,000 total possible VIN combos. Would the odds be 1:50 or something other than that? Thanks, Kevin |
Hi Kevin,
If the last four digits of license numbers and the last four digits of a Harley VIN number can be any four digits then there is a one in fifty probability of winning.
Harley
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