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Consider a state lottery which randomly selects 6 numbered balls from a bin. The balls must are numbered from 1 to 52. To win the jackpot, a player must match all 6 balls, in any order. Determine the following probabilities for a person who buys one ticket.
Part A) Winning the jackpot (matching all 6 numbers)
Part B) Matching none of the numbers

To increase the difficulty of the lottery (and also size of the jackpot), the state decides to label the last ball which is drawn as the "Final Ball." To win the jackpot, a ticket must match the first five balls in any order, and the Final Ball. Determine the following probabilities for a person who buys one ticket.
Part C) Winning the jackpot
Part D) Matching 4 out of the first 5 balls and the Final Ball
Part E) Matching the first 5 balls but not matching the Final Ball



The teacher I have doesn't really teach. All she does is write lots of formulas on the board and doesn't explain how to do anything..so I have a hard time understanding these problems..problems that are probably simple. :?

Re: Questions on Probability that i dont understand..please help

Muhh-Ken-Zee said:

Consider a state lottery which randomly selects 6 numbered balls from a bin. The balls must are numbered from 1 to 52. To win the jackpot, a player must match all 6 balls, in any order. Determine the following probabilities for a person who buys one ticket.
Part A) Winning the jackpot (matching all 6 numbers)
Part B) Matching none of the numbers

To increase the difficulty of the lottery (and also size of the jackpot), the state decides to label the last ball which is drawn as the "Final Ball." To win the jackpot, a ticket must match the first five balls in any order, and the Final Ball. Determine the following probabilities for a person who buys one ticket.
Part C) Winning the jackpot
Part D) Matching 4 out of the first 5 balls and the Final Ball
Part E) Matching the first 5 balls but not matching the Final Ball

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To start to answer, please tell us:

how many different sets of "six" balls can be drawn out of "52"?

Your book must have example problems - dealing with these situations.

It doesn't. There are no examples whatsoever.

Well, you could at least show some incentive, such as using google:
http://www.google.ca/search?hl=en&q=sta ... arch&meta=

Muhh-Ken-Zee said:

It doesn't. There are no examples whatsoever.

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Really? That's an extremely strange book! :shock:

So you have a book with no explanations or examples, just some formulas, and an instructor who gives no examples and doesn't explain the formulas. It's no wonder you have no idea what's going on: nobody has taught you anything yet!

Unfortunately, we cannot provide the missing chapters of material or the missing hours of classroom instruction. You need to speak with your academic advisor about this course that -- isn't. (If you're not being taught anything, this is hardly a legitimate course, right?) At the very least, you need to be placed in a classroom where the instructor teaches, using a book which is more than just a list of formulas. Also, if you bring this fraud to the attention of the administration, you may be able to get your money back, since you say that you're not being provided the service for which you'd paid. (You may need to speak to a lawyer about this, though.)

Good luck!

Eliz.

Your employment of the adverb "really" makes the above-quoted statement ambiguous. What exactly are you trying to say?

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The teacher is in virtual world???