document.write( "Question 1162122: In a lottery game, a player picks six numbers from 1 to 53. If 5 of the 6 numbers matches those drawn, the player wins $1000. What is the probability of winning this prize? \n" ); document.write( "
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document.write( "The player can pick all 6 winning numbers in 6C6 = 1 way\r\n" );
document.write( "The player can pick 5 winning numbers and 1 non-winning number in (6C5)∙(47C1) = 282 ways.\r\n" );
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document.write( "So there are 1+282=283 ways the player could win.\r\n" );
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document.write( "There are 53C6 = 22957480 ways the player could pick 6 numbers.\r\n" );
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document.write( "Probability of winning = 283 ways out of 22957480 or 283/22957480 or about\r\n" );
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document.write( "0.000012327136950571229943356152330308030323885722649001545...\r\n" );
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document.write( "1.2327×10-5, which is about 1 chance in 81122.\r\n" );
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