SOLUTION: Please help me solve this question: In a certain lottery, there are ten balls, numbered 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10. Of these, five are drawn in order. If you pick five numbers that matc

Question 614499: Please help me solve this question:
In a certain lottery, there are ten balls, numbered 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10. Of these, five are drawn in order. If you pick five numbers that match those drawn in the correct order, you win $1,000,000. What is the probability of winning such a lottery?
Answer by stanbon(75887) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Picking in the exact order: (1/10)(1/9)*(1/8)(1/7)(1/6) = 1/10P5
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= 0.000033069
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cheers,
Stan H.
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