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To play the cali lottery a person has to select 6 out of the 51 numbers.Paying 1 dollar for each 6 number selection. If you pick 6 numbers that are the same as the ones drawn by the lottery you win.What is the probabity that a person with 1 combination of six numbers will win ? What is the probabilty of winning if 100 different tickets are purchased ?

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To play the cali lottery a person has to select 6   out of the 51 numbers.Paying 1 dollar for each 6 number selection. If you pick 6 numbers that are the same as the ones drawn by the lottery you win.What is the probabity that a person with 1 combination of six numbers will win ? What is the probabilty  of winning if 100 different tickets are purchased ?

anonymous · Answer

How many different ways are there to select 6 items out of 51?

anonymous · Answer

$$\dbinom{51}{6}=18009460$$

anonymous · Answer

this of course assumes that the numbers cannot be repeated.

anonymous · Answer

that answer is for the one1 person ?

anonymous · Answer

or is that for the probability of winning with the 100 tickets

anonymous · Answer

well you only have one of these numbers, so it is $$\frac{1}{18009460}$$