SOLUTION: What is the probability of winning a lottery game where the winning number is made up of seven digits from 0 to 9 chosen at random?

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Question 647602: What is the probability of winning a lottery game where the winning number is made up of seven digits from 0 to 9 chosen at random?
Answer by jim_thompson5910(35256) About Me  (Show Source):
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There are 10 digits. There are 7 slots. So there are 10^7 = 10,000,000 (ten million) possible numbers to choose from.

There is only one way to win since there is only one winning number. So the probability is 1/10,000,000 = 0.0000001