Question

To win a lottery, a person must pick five numbers from 1 to 45 in any order AND a MEGA number from 1 to 45 on the play slip. Determine the probability for winning the jackpot.
A. 0
B. 1/54,979,155
C. 1/146,611,080
D. 1/6,597,498,600

Answer 1

@Hero

Answer 2

@IMStuck

Answer 3

@jim_thompson5910 @Luigi0210

Answer 4

@Jim766

Answer 5

can the numbers be used more than once?

Answer 6

i dont really know

Answer 7

I am guessing no...
how many winning numbers will there be?

Answer 8

a winning number is 6 digits long. and there will only be one of them

Answer 9

that is what we are looking for, 1 number, that goes on top of the fraction.

probability is how many times the thing we are looking for
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the number of possiblilities there are

Answer 10

so what we need to know is how many possiblilies are there for this 6 digit number.

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how many possible numbers could be in the first spot?

Answer 11

5

Answer 12

the choices are 1 through 45 for the first spot, how many possiblities are there?

Answer 13

imagine there are 45 ping pong balls in a bin, each labeled with a different number, 1-45

Answer 14

the first time I reach in to pull out a ping pong ball, how many are there?

Answer 15

1?

Answer 16

how many balls are in the bin?

Answer 17

imagine there are 45 ping pong balls in a bin, each labeled with a different number, 1-45

Answer 18

So theres 45 ping pong in each bin?

Answer 19

there is one bin and it has 45 ping pong balls in it, each with a different number 1,2,3 ..to 45

Answer 20

so the first time I reach in to pull a ball out, how many possibilities are there?

Answer 21

there are 45 possiblities for the first one

Answer 22

So , 45 ping pongs ... Each ping pong with numbers .. So 45/45?

Answer 23

this winning lottery number will have 6 numbers, 1-45

for the first number there are 45 possiblites
for the 2nd number there are 44 possiblities, because I took one out already
for the 3rd number there are 43 possiblities, because I took out two already

Answer 24

for the 4th number there are 42 possiblities
for the 5th number threre are 41 possibilites

Answer 25

the last number is the mega number so, its says that goes from 1-45
so there are 45 possiblilites

45*44*43*42*41* 45 = ?

Answer 26

your gonna need a calculator...

Answer 27

yes and i got 6597498600

Answer 28

there is 1 number I will accept
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6597498600

Answer 29

yay.. thank you so much. Do you feel like answering another question?