SOLUTION: In a multi-state lottery, the player must guess which five of forty nine white balls numbered from 1 to 49 will be drawn. The order which the balls are drawn does not matter. The p
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Question 970915: In a multi-state lottery, the player must guess which five of forty nine white balls numbered from 1 to 49 will be drawn. The order which the balls are drawn does not matter. The player must also guess which one of forty-two red balls numbered from 1 to 42 will be drawn. How many ways can the player fill out a lottery ticket? Answer by Boreal(15235) (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website! (5/49)*(4/48)*(3/47)*(2/46)*(1/45)*(1/42) = 0.0000000125 or about 1 to 80 million.
There are 5 ways to choose the first, and there are 4 to choose the second (from 48, now). When you are done with the 5, there is a 1 in 42 chance to get a red ball.
