I think you'll find it's a bit more complicated than that. Even if the lottery were to happen daily, each of these people would only be eligible for 15,340.5 ((77 - 35) * 365.25) days, meaning each eligible person has about a 1 in 9,000 chance of being selected. It does have 28 minutes per side, but the only thing it affects is the volume. That would mean there'd be (85/100 * 300,000,000)/77 * (77 - 35)))ġ40,000,000 people eligible for the lottery. referencing The Songs Of Distant Earth (LP, Album, Reissue, 180 Gram) 2564623321 For me personally, i think this is a great pressing. Let's assume also that 15% of the population are not natural born. The President of the US must be at least 35. (I don't have the age distribution for the US to hand, so I'll make things simple for myself, and assume an equal distribution, and also assume average life expectancy is 78. Well yes, that and that there was one Unabomber in a population of about. This is where Checks And Balances come in, I would have thought, unless the President was effectively a Dictator (supposedly benign or otherwise). Ummmm.I'd be careful with a general population lottery.
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