Question

To play the lottery in a certain state, a person has to correctly select 5 out of 45 numbers, paying a $1 for each five-number selection. What is the probability that a person with one combination of the five numbers will win?

What is the probability of winning if 100 different lottery tickets are purchased?

Answer 1

There are 45 numbers out of which 5 numbers are required to win an enormous sum of money

No of ways in which 5 numbers can be selected out of 45 numbers.

`C_(45)^5=(45!)/(40!5!) =1221759`

out of which there is only combination foe contest winning

`P=(1)/(1221759)`

When 100 different tickets are bought then

Probability of winning:
`(100)/(1221759)`

Probably of winning≈0,000082

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