Question

In the Ohio lottery Classic Lotto game 6 numbers are drawn at random from 49 possible numbers. What is the probability of your lottery ticket matching all six numbers? Hint: Order is not important.

Answer 1

The probability of the lottery ticket matching all six numbers is given by

`\begin{gathered} \frac{1}{49\text{ }}\text{ x }(1)/(48)\text{ x }(1)/(47)\text{ x }(1)/(46)\text{ x}(1)/(45)\text{ x }(1)/(44) \\ \end{gathered}`
`\begin{gathered} =\frac{1}{1.006834752\text{ x }10^(10)\text{ }} \\ \end{gathered}`