J\4tfceUanea Curio fa. 67 



The Method of finding this Anfwer being 

 mewhat out of the common Road, I fhali 

 re add it, and thereby infinite Solutions of 

 e fame kind may be difcovered. 



1/. Lottery. 



Let <z=the number of Blanks 

 b—the number of Prizes. 

 r=the Value of a Prize. 



id. Lottery. 



Let w=the number of Blanks. 

 #=the number of Prizes. 

 j=the value of a Prize. 



—to what you pay for a Lot,^/£. a Shilling. 



50 the Lottery ras its Chances for 1, and 

 Gamefter his for r—i . Now the true Odds 

 tfifting of the compounded Proportion of 



: Chances and the Values, viz.. ^-and , 



: Share of the Lottery will be a> and that of 

 : Gamefter r b— b. Therefore as the pre* 

 t cafe ftands, the firft Lottery muft be * =3 

 -3&, and by the like reafoning, the fecond 

 itery will be mzz 2 sn~~m. Now the Value 

 1 Lot being the Sum of the Prizes divided 

 the number of Lots, ( which mult be equal 

 )Oth Lotteries) it yields 



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