Question 285856: Five numbers are to be picked, without repetition, from 44 numbers to determine the winner of the Fortune Five game in the state lottery. If the order of the numbers is insignificant, how many different ways can a winning quintuple be selected? What is the probability of winning?
Answer by stanbon(75887)   (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website! Five numbers are to be picked, without repetition, from 44 numbers to determine the winner of the Fortune Five game in the state lottery. If the order of the numbers is insignificant, how many different ways can a winning quintuple be selected? What is the probability of winning?
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Number of sets of 5 numbers: 44C5 =
Number of winning sets of 5: 1
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Probability: 1/1,086,008
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Cheers,
Stan H.
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