SOLUTION: To win a state lottery, a player must correctly select six different numbers from 1 to 60. How many tickets would a person have to buy to have a 1% chance of winning?
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Question 440263: To win a state lottery, a player must correctly select six different numbers from 1 to 60. How many tickets would a person have to buy to have a 1% chance of winning?
Answer by jorel1380(3719) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
60 combined 6 at a time equals 60C6=60!/54!6!=50063860
To have a 1% chance of winning, a person would have to buy 50063860/100, or 500,639 tickets..
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