Question

Help, My parents can’t even help me. I’m really stuck. In the SuperLottery, three balls are drawn (at random) from ten white balls numbered from 1 to 10, and one SuperBall is drawn (at random) from ten red balls numbered from 11 to 20. When you buy a ticket, you choose three numbers from 1 to 10, and one number from 11 to 20. If the numbers on your ticket match at least two of the white balls or match the red SuperBall, then you win a super prize. What is the probability that you win a super prize?

Answer 1

This is an extremely easy question. Your correct answer is 1/7,200 or 0.01389%

Explanation:

Since you have to choose the three numbers and one super ball to be able to win the lottery, your chances of getting 3 white numbers is 1/10 x 1/9 x 1/8 = 1/720

The chances of getting the super ball is 1/10

And the chances of winning the jackpot is 1/720 x 1/10 = 1/7,200 = 0.01389%