To win a particular lottery game a player chooses 5 numbers from 0 to 63. If all five numbers that the player selected match the winning numbers in any order, then the player wins. What is the probability that the winning numbers are 7, 0, 29, 45, and 60?

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Answer 1 · 2015-12-07T01:02:42

There are 64 numbers and since the order of the numbers does not matter , this is a combination problem ...

Sample Space #=(64!)/(5!xx59!)=7,624,512# possible combinations!

P{7, 0, 29, 45, and 60} #=1/(7,624,512)~~1.3xx10^-7#

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