SOLUTION: The state of Florida has a lottery in which 6 numbers out of 53 are drawn at random. What's the probability of a given ticket matching all 6 numbers in any order?

Question 298402: The state of Florida has a lottery in which 6 numbers out of 53 are drawn at random. What's the probability of a given ticket matching all 6 numbers in any order?
Answer by stanbon(75887) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
The state of Florida has a lottery in which 6 numbers out of 53 are drawn at random. What's the probability of a given ticket matching all 6 numbers in any order?
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# of groups of 6 numbers = 53C6 = 22,957,480
# of winning groups of 6 numbers = 1
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P(having a winning ticket) = 1/22957480
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Now, do you feel lucky?
Cheers,
Stan H.
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