SOLUTION: In one lottery, a player wins the jackpot by matching all five distinct numbers drawn in any order from the white balls (1 through 42 ) and matching the number on the gold
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Question 1188555: In one lottery, a player wins the jackpot by matching all five distinct numbers drawn in any order from the white balls (1 through 42 ) and matching the number on the gold ball (1 through 32 ). If one ticket is purchased, what is the probability of winning the jackpot?
Answer by Boreal(15235) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
It is (5/42)(4/41)(3/40)(2/39)(1/38)(1/32)=120/3,266,565,120
or 3.674 x 10^(-8) or 1 in 27,221,376
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