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The Probability of Winning in McDonald's Star Raiders™ Contest

1984; National Council of Teachers of Mathematics; Volume: 77; Issue: 2 Linguagem: Inglês

10.5951/mt.77.2.0124

2330-0582

Jim Ridenhour, Ernest Woodward,

Video Analysis and Summarization

During a recent promotion, McDonald's Restaurants sponsored a contest known as “Star Raiders.” The rules were quite simple, and possible prizes ranged from a free hamburger to a free home computer. After becoming familiar with the game, we decided to analyze the probability of winning.