Question 137415
The "Cash 5" game in Virginia Lottery requires that you select 5 different numbers from 34 in order to play the game. If you buy one ticket, what is the probability that you will win?
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There is only one winning set of 5 numbers.
But there are 34C5 = 278,256 different sets of 5.
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P(picking the winning 5) = 1/278,256 = 0.0000035938...
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You'll always win if you don't play that game.
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Cheers,
Stan H.