A. Winning the jackpot in a particular lottery requires that you select the corr

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A. Winning the jackpot in a particular lottery requires that you select the correct five numbers between 1 and 26 in a separate drawing, you must also select the correct single number between 1 and 42.

Find the probability of winning the jackpot.

B. Winning the jackpot in a particular lottery requires that you select the correct four numbers between 1 and 50, in a separate drawing, you must also select the correct single number between 1 and 42.

Find the probability of winning the jackpot.

C. Winning the jackpot in a particular lottery requires that you select the correct five numbers between 1 and 26, in a separate drawing, you must also select the correct single number between 1 and 59.

Find the probability of winning the jackpot.

Explanation / Answer

A - selecting 5 correct number out of 26 number = 26 C5

selcting a correct number from 1 to 42 = 42

hence total number of combination = 26C5 *42 = 65780 *42 = 2762760

probability of winning the jackpot. = 1/ 2762760

B - similarly here

probability = 1/(50C4 * 42) =1/9672600

C) similarly

1/(26C5 * 59) = 1/3881020

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