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A Soft Drink Company Holds a Contest in Which a Prize

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A soft drink company holds a contest in which a prize may be revealed on the inside of the bottle cap. The probability that each bottle cap reveals a prize is 0.2 and winning is independent from one bottle to the next. What is the probability that a customer must open three or more bottles before winning a prize?


A) (0.2) (0.2) (0.8) = 0.032
B) (0.8) (0.8) (0.2) = 0.128
C) (0.8) (0.8) = 0.64
D) 1 - (0.2) (0.2) (0.8) = .968

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