Consider playing a 6/55 Lottery. This means a gambler selects Any of the numbers from one to 55 without replacement? How many ways are there to choose six numbers from 55? Winning prize would mean correctly picking five of the six winning numbers How many ways are there to correctly pick five of the six numbers? How many ways are there to incorrectly pick the sixth number? How many winning combinations of numbers are there? Find the probability of winning second prize that is, picking five of the six winning numbers with a 6/55 Lottery.

Consider playing a 6/55 Lottery. This means a gambler selects Any of the numbers from one to 55 without replacement? How many ways are there to choose six numbers from 55? Winning prize would mean correctly picking five of the six winning numbers How many ways are there to correctly pick five of the six numbers? How many ways are there to incorrectly pick the sixth number? How many winning combinations of numbers are there? Find the probability of winning second prize that is, picking five of the six winning numbers with a 6/55 Lottery.

A First Course in Probability (10th Edition)

10th Edition

ISBN:9780134753119

Author:Sheldon Ross

Publisher:Sheldon Ross

Chapter1: Combinatorial Analysis

Section: Chapter Questions

Problem 1.1P: a. How many different 7-place license plates are possible if the first 2 places are for letters and...

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