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A lottery game is played in many places and requires​ $1 per ticket to play. To...

A lottery game is played in many places and requires​ $1 per ticket to play. To win the​ jackpot, a person must correctly pick five unique numbers from balls numbered 1 through 36 (order does not​ matter) and correctly pick a final​ number, which is chosen from balls numbered 1 through 26. What is the probability of winning the​ jackpot?

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Total number of ways to choose 5 numbers between 1 and 36 = 36C5 = 36! / (5! * (36 - 5)!) = 376992

P(winning) = 1/376992 * 1/26 = 1 / 9801792

                                                                                                                                    

orchestra answered 2 years ago
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