SOLUTION: In California's Super Lotto Plus lottery game, winning the jackpot requires that you select the correct five numbers between 1 and 47 inclusive and, in a separate drawing, you must

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Question 1069678: In California's Super Lotto Plus lottery game, winning the jackpot requires that you select the correct five numbers between 1 and 47 inclusive and, in a separate drawing, you must also select the correct single number between 1 and 27 inclusive. Find the probability of winning the jackpot.
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There are
47%2A46%2A45%2A44%2A43%2F%285%2A4%2A3%2A2%29=%221%2C533%2C939%22
different sets of 5 numbers made from the numbers between 1 and 47 inclusive.
So, there are 27%2A%221%2C533%2C939%22=%2241%2C416%2C353%22 possible different ticket choices,
and only one of those is the winning ticket.
The probability of winning the jackpot is 1 in %2241%2C416%2C353%22 , or
1%2F%2241%2C416%2C353%22=about%220.000002%25%22