document.write( "Question 1205358: In one lottery, a player wins the jackpot by matching all five numbers drawn from white balls (1 through 51)and matching the number on the gold ball (1 through 46).
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document.write( "In this lottery, the winning configuration is 5 matching numbers from 1 to 51 inclusive \r\n" );
document.write( "without looking the order, plus matching 1 number 1 through 46.\r\n" );
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document.write( "There are   = 2349060  different possible combinations of 5 numbers from white balls \r\n" );
document.write( "and 46 possible numbers from gold balls.\r\n" );
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document.write( "So, there are 2349060*46 = 108056760 possible different outcomes; of them, only one outcome wins.\r\n" );
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document.write( "Thus the probability to win this lottery having one ticket is  P =  = 9.2544E-09.    ANSWER\r\n" );
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