In a certain state lottery, each player selects 5 numbers from 1 through 70. Then 5 winning numbers are chosen from the same range. What is the probability that a given ticket has all 5 numbers correct?
In a certain state lottery, each player selects 5 numbers from 1 through 70. Then 5 winning numbers are chosen from the same range. What is the probability that a given ticket has all 5 numbers correct?
SO,
Probability is the measure of the likelihood that an event will occur. See glossary of probability and statistics. Probability quantifies as a number between 0 and 1, where, loosely speaking, 0 indicates impossibility and 1 indicates certainty.
THus,
P = 1/70C5
P = 8.26 * 10^(-8)
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