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A has 3 shares in a lottery where there are 3 prizes and 6 blanks, B has one share in another, where there is but 1 prize and 2 blanks. Show that A has a better chance of winning a prize than B, in the ratio of 16 to 7.

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Hence A has a better chance of winning a prize than B.
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