SOLUTION: Presently, the Mega Millions jackpot is $144 million. The way to win the jackpot is by picking the six winning numbers drawn from two separate pools of numbers - five different num

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Question 1002335: Presently, the Mega Millions jackpot is $144 million. The way to win the jackpot is by picking the six winning numbers drawn from two separate pools of numbers - five different numbers from 1 to 75 and one number from 1 to 15.
What is the probability of winning the jackpot? Show your work to get credit.
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Presently, the Mega Millions jackpot is $144 million. The way to win the jackpot is by picking the six winning numbers drawn from two separate pools of numbers - five different numbers from 1 to 75 and one number from 1 to 15.
What is the probability of winning the jackpot? Show your work to get credit.
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Ans: (1/75C5) * (1/15) = 3.8626x10^-9 = 0.00000000038626
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Save your money. You have a better chance of being struck by lighting.
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Stan H.