Question - The Powerball lottery is decided every Wednesday and Saturday night by drawing five white balls out of a drum with 69 balls and one red ball out of a drum with 26 red balls. The Powerball jackpot is won by matching all five white balls in any order and the red Powerball. Each ticket costs $2.
a. How many possible different Powerball tickets can be purchased?
b. How many possible different winning Powerball tickets are there?
a. How many possible different Powerball tickets can be purchased?
b. How many possible different winning Powerball tickets are there?
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I got the answer for a by multiplying 69C5 by 26C1 to get 292,201,338. I am stumped on how to calculate b. I'm thinking it would be 6x5x4x3x2?
Please help!