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A few weeks ago the MegaMillions Lottery was up to $1.6 billion. You choose 5 numbers...

A few weeks ago the MegaMillions Lottery was up to $1.6 billion. You choose 5 numbers from 1 – 70 (white ping pong balls) and then 1 number from 1 – 25 (gold ping pong balls) and so does the lottery commission. What is P(match 4 white and one gold ball)

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Number of White ping pong balls is 70.

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