SOLUTION: PLEASE HELP!!!!!!!! Counting Methods In a lottery game, a player picks six numbers from 1 to 48. If 4 of those 6 numbers match those drawn, the player wins third prize. Wha

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Counting Methods
In a lottery game, a player picks six numbers from 1 to 48. If 4 of those 6 numbers match those drawn, the player wins third prize. What is the probability of winning this prize? (Give your answer as a fraction.)
Answer by robertb(5830) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Assuming that the 4 winning numbers were drawn already, you need to select 2 more numbers from the remaining 44. The probability is thus
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