In a? lottery, the top cash prize was ?$649 ?million, going to three lucky winners. Players pick four different numbers from 1 to 58 and one number from 1 to 45. A player wins a minimum award of $300 by correctly matching two numbers drawn from the white balls? (1 through 58?) and matching the number on the gold ball? (1 through 45?). What is the probability of winning the minimum? award?
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For the white balls, we have to choose 4 different numbers from 58. This can be done in C(58,4) ways, where C(n,k) is the number of combinations of choosing k items from a set of n items. C(58,4) = 58! / (4! * (58-4)!) = 58! / (4! * 54!) = 424,270 For the Show more…
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