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AHSME 1993 Problem 24

    A box contains 33 shiny pennies and 44 dull pennies. One by one, pennies are drawn at random from the box and not replaced. If the probability is a/ba/b that it will take more than four draws until the third shiny penny appears and a/ba/b is in lowest terms, then a+b=a+b= (A) 11(B) 20(C) 35(D) 58(E) 66\text{(A) } 11 \text{(B) } 20 \text{(C) } 35 \text{(D) } 58 \text{(E) } 66

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