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Compute Probabilities Involving Permutations and Combinations
-To Play the Lottery $1\$ 1

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Compute Probabilities Involving Permutations and Combinations
-To play the lottery in a certain state, a person has to correctly select 5 out of 45 numbers, paying $1\$ 1 for each five-number selection. If the five numbers picked are the same as the ones drawn by the lottery, an enormous sum of money is bestowed. What is the probability that a person with one combination of five numbers will win? What is the probability of winning if 100 different lottery tickets are purchased?


A) 11,221,759;1001,221,759\frac { 1 } { 1,221,759 } ; \frac { 100 } { 1,221,759 }
B) 1146,611,080;1014,661,108\frac { 1 } { 146,611,080 } ; \frac { 10 } { 14,661,108 }
C) 18,145,060;1814,506\frac { 1 } { 8,145,060 } ; \frac { 1 } { 814,506 }
D) 15,864,443,200;158,644,432\frac { 1 } { 5,864,443,200 } ; \frac { 1 } { 58,644,432 }

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