Question 541922: There are 50 numbers on the lottery ticket to choose from. In order to win you must pick the correct six numbers. find the probability of selecting exactly one of the six correct winning numbers, where the order in which these numbers are selceted does not matter from the set of positive numbers not exceeding 50 (that is the positive intergers from 1,2,3,4,5,6...50)
Answer so far: number x C x number
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50C6
so far I have come up with 49C1 and 44C6 over 50C6...... Help PLEASE :)
Answer by stanbon(75887)   (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website! There are 50 numbers on the lottery ticket to choose from. In order to win you must pick the correct six numbers. find the probability of selecting exactly one of the six correct winning numbers, where the order in which these numbers are selceted does not matter from the set of positive numbers not exceeding 50 (that is the positive integers from 1,2,3,4,5,6...50)
Answer so far: number x C x number
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50C6
so far I have come up with 49C1 and 44C6 over 50C6...... Help PLEASE :)
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# of ways to win the lottery: 1
# of sets of 6 numbers: 50C6
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P(win) = 1/50C6 = 1/15890700 = 0.00000006293
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Cheers,
Stan H.
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