SOLUTION: I am looking for assistance solving this problem: In a certain lottery, 4 different numbers between 1 and 9 inclusive are drawn at random. These are the winning numbers. If you

Question 325396: I am looking for assistance solving this problem:
In a certain lottery, 4 different numbers between 1 and 9 inclusive are drawn at random. These are the winning numbers. If you choose 4 different numbers at random between 1 and 9, what is the probability you will match the winning numbers? Assume that the order of the numbers is unimportant.
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Answer by stanbon(75887) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
In a certain lottery, 4 different numbers between 1 and 9 inclusive are drawn at random. These are the winning numbers. If you choose 4 different numbers at random between 1 and 9, what is the probability you will match the winning numbers? Assume that the order of the numbers is unimportant.
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There is only one set of winning numbers.
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There are a total of 9C4 = 126 sets of 4 numbers.
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P(selecting the winning number set) = 1/126
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Cheers,
Stan H.

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