SOLUTION: to win a lottery, 10 numbers must be picked in any combination from 15 numbers that can be repeated. What is the probability of selecting the correct series? what would the corre

Question 473059: to win a lottery, 10 numbers must be picked in any combination from 15 numbers that can be repeated. What is the probability of selecting the correct series? what would the correct series equation be
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to win a lottery, 10 numbers must be picked in any combination from 15 numbers that can be repeated. What is the probability of selecting the correct series? what would the correct series equation be
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# of ways to pick the correct series: 1
# of combinations of 10 numbers: 15C10 = 15C5 = 3003
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P(pick correct combination) = 1/3003
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Cheers,
Stan H.
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