A regional automobile dealership sent out fliers to prospective customers indicating that they had already won one of three different prizes: an automobile valued at $23 comma 00023,000, a $100100 gas card, or a $55 shopping card. to claim his or her prize, a prospective customer needed to present the flier at the dealership's showroom. the fine print on the back of the flier listed the probabilities of winning. the chance of winning the car was 1 out of 31 comma 12931,129, the chance of winning the gas card was 1 out of 31 comma 129 comma31,129, and the chance of winning the shopping card was 31 comma 12731,127 out of 31 comma 12931,129. complete parts (a) through (c).

two years ago, when picking flowers in the mountains back of yosemite valley, i found a book. it was blotted and storm-beaten; all of its outer pages were mealy and crumbly. the paper seemed to dissolve like the snow beneath which it had been buried, however; many of the inner pages were well preserved. and although all were more or less stained and torn, whole chapters were easily readable. this is the condition of the great open book of yosemite glaciers today; its granite pages have been torn and blurred by the same storms that wasted the castaway book.

two years ago, when picking flowers in the mountains back of yosemite valley; i found a book. it was blotted and storm-beaten, all of its outer pages were mealy and crumbly. the paper seemed to dissolve like the snow beneath which it had been buried, however, many of the inner pages were well preserved. and although all were more or less stained and torn; whole chapters were easily readable. this is the condition of the great open book of yosemite glaciers today, its granite pages have been torn and blurred by the same storms that wasted the castaway book.