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The game called lotto sponsored by the louisiana lottery commission pays its largest prize when a contestant matches all 4 of the 41 possible numbers. assume there are 41 ping-pong balls each with a single number between 1 and 41. any number appears only once, and the winning balls are selected without replacement.

a. the commission reports that the probability of matching all the numbers are 1 in 101,270. what is this in terms of probability

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we have that

[the probability of matching all the numbers]=1/101270
[the probability of matching all the numbers]=0.00000987-------> (0.000987%)

the answer is
1 in 101,270-------> means that the probability is 0.00000987
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