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The first five numbers are drawn from a drum containing 53 balls and the sixth is drawn from a drum containing 42 balls. The chances of doing this are 1 in 120, 526, 770. Write a function to generate a set of Powerball numbers by utilizing the choice function in Python's random module. Ask the user how many sets of Powerball numbers he or she would like. The program will print each set of Powerball numbers in numeric order. siyaofus-MacBook-Pro:~ siyaofu$ python ttt.py Official Powerball number generator How many sets of numbers? 5 Your numbers: 15 25 33 40 46 Powerball: 22 Your numbers: 2 8 25 32 38 Powerball: 30 Your numbers: 3 17 18 24 49 Powerball: 10 Your numbers: 20 27 34 46 48 Powerball: 23 Your numbers: 20 27 28 34 42 Powerball: 11 siyaofus-MacBook-Pro:~ siyaofu$ Execute your Powerball number generator 10, 000 times and write a simple script printing out the top five most frequently appeared numbers and the Powerball. Give out your opinion on how Powerball number generator works (The REAL one, not your code).

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# link for code in case indetation is messed up: https://pastebin.com/HvBHvGRv

import random

def powerBallGenerator(n):
for i in range(0, n):
numbers = random.sample(range(1,54), 5)
numbers = [str(i) for i in numbers]
powerBall = random.choice(range(1, 43))
print("Your numbers: " + " ".join(numbers) + " Powerball: " + str(powerBall))

print("Official Powerball number generator")
n = int(input("How many sets of numbers? "))
powerBallGenerator(n)

Part2:

# Pastebin code link: https://pastebin.com/Rr5Cixhi

import random
from collections import Counter

def powerBallGenerator():
numbers = random.sample(range(1,54), 5)
powerball = random.choice(range(1, 43))
return (numbers, powerball)

def powerBallPredictor(n):
count_list = {}
powerBall_list = {}
for i in range(0, n):
(numbers, powerball) = powerBallGenerator()
if powerball in powerBall_list:
powerBall_list[powerball] += 1
else:
powerBall_list[powerball] = 1
  
for num in numbers:
if num in count_list:
count_list[num] += 1
else:
count_list[num] = 1
d = Counter(count_list)
numbers = []
for k, v in d.most_common(5):
numbers.append(k)
  
powerball = max(powerBall_list.iterkeys(), key=lambda k: powerBall_list[k])
return (numbers, powerball)

(numbers, powerball) = powerBallPredictor(10000)

numbers = [str(i) for i in numbers]
print("Most prequent numbers: " + " ".join(numbers) + " Powerball: " + str(powerball))

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