Question

In a lottery, the top cash prize was $629 million, going to three lucky winners. Players pick four different numbers from 1 to 56 and one number from 1 to 41.A player wins a minimum award of$525 by correctly matching three numbers drawn from the white balls (1 through 56) and matching the number on the gold ball (1 through 41).What is the probability of winning the minimum award?

Answer 1

Step 1

Given;

`\begin{gathered} Top\text{ cash prize is \$629} \\ Players\text{ pick four different numbers from 1 to 56 and 1 to 41} \end{gathered}`

Step 2

Probability is given as;