a.
Find the possible number of winning Powerball numbers.
a.
Answer to Problem 74E
Explanation of Solution
Calculation:
Consider the powerball game in which five white balls out of a drum of
The objective of this part is calculate the number of winning Powerball numbers.
The winning powerball numbers is achieved by selecting five white balls and one red Powerball.
Since, the order is not important, combinations are used to find the numbers of winning Powerball numbers. The number of ways of selecting
So, the number of winning Powerball numbers is
Consider the following question,
You know that the number of permutations of elements taken at a time is,
Also,
Now,
Hence, the possible number of winning Powerball numbers is
b.
Find the possible number of winning Powerball number.
b.
Answer to Problem 74E
Explanation of Solution
Calculation:
The objective of this part is to find the possible number of winning Powerball numbers when you win the jackpot by matching all
If the balls have to match the order, then there is only one possible sequence which will match the order. There is also one way of matching
So, the possible number of winning Powerball numbers to win jackpot is calculated as
Hence, the number of possible winning Powerball numbers to win jackpot is
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