document.write( "Question 1206897: Winning the jackpot in a particular lottery requires that you select the correct three numbers between 1 and 64 and, in a separate drawing, you must also select the correct single number between 1 and 27. Find the probability of winning the jackpot.
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Algebra.Com's Answer #844610 by ikleyn(52781) $\"\"$ $\"About$

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document.write( "In Math problems on lotteries, it is traditionally assumed that \r\n" );
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document.write( "    (1)  the numbers on a ticket are different (no repeating),\r\n" );
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document.write( "    (2)  the order of numbers on a ticket does not matter to determine winning.\r\n" );
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document.write( "If follow to the tradition in this current problem, it should be stated in the \r\n" );
document.write( "problem, that \r\n" );
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document.write( "    |   tree integer numbers from 1 to 64 on a ticket are different       |\r\n" );
document.write( "    |   (no repeating) and the order of the three numbers on the ticket   | \r\n" );
document.write( "    |                    does not matter.                                 |\r\n" );
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document.write( "Below is my solution to the problem in this formulation.\r\n" );
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document.write( "There are   =  = 41664 different possible triples of numbers.\r\n" );
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document.write( "Combining it with the separate integer number from 1 to 27, we have, in all,\r\n" );
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document.write( "     41554*27 = 1121958  possible outcomes (or tickets).\r\n" );
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document.write( "Only one of these tickets wins. So, the probability of winning is\r\n" );
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document.write( "    P = 1/1,121,958 =  = 8.91299E-07.\r\n" );
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document.write( "It is a standard pattern of analysing/solving traditional Math problerms on lotteries.\r\n" );
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document.write( "As you see, the analysis and my answer are significantly different from that by @Theo.\r\n" );
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