Find the probability of winning a lottery by selecting the correct six integers where the order in which these integers are selected does not matter from the positive integers not exceeding 30

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21 January, 10:14

Find the probability of winning a lottery by selecting the correct six integers where the order in which these integers are selected does not matter from the positive integers not exceeding 30

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Angela Woodard · Answer 1

There are C (30, 6) = 30! / (6! * (30-6) !) = 593,775 ways to pick 6 numbers from the first 30 positive integers.

The probabilty of matching 6 randomly chosen integers is 1/593,775.