College Algebra (6th Edition)

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ISBN 10: 0-32178-228-3
ISBN 13: 978-0-32178-228-1

Chapter 8 - Sequences, Induction, and Probability - Exercise Set 8.7 - Page 784: 28

Answer

Probability that the person with one ticket will win the lottery = $\frac{1}{593775}$ Probability that the person with 100 different tickets will win the lottery = $\frac{4}{23751}$

Work Step by Step

There is only one way of winning, Thus the number of favorable outcomes = 1 The sample space is the set of all possible six number combinations. We can use the combinations formula $n_{C}{_{r}}$ = $\frac{n!}{(n - r)! r!}$ to find the total number of possible combinations. We are selecting r =6 numbers from a collection of n = 30 numbers. $30_{{C}{_{6}}}$ = $\frac{30!}{(30 - 6)! 6!}$ = $\frac{30!}{24!.6!}$ = $\frac{30\times29\times28\times27\times26\times25\times24!}{24! .6\times5\times4\times3\times2\times1}$ = 593775 Thus total number of outcomes = 593775 The number of favorable outcomes = 1 Probability = $\frac{Numberof favorable outcomes}{Total outcomes}$ Probability that the person with one ticket will win the lottery = $\frac{1}{593775}$ Probability that the person with 100 different tickets will win the lottery = $\frac{100}{593775}$ = $\frac{4}{23751}$
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