One of the most popular game in gaming houses is certainly Lucky Six.
Lucky Six is a draw based game where numbers are drawn from the drum. Simply put, first, you choose 6 numbered balls out of 48. Then, computer randomly draws 35 balls and if all 6 balls that you picked are among those 35, you win. Otherwise, you lose. What is the probability of winning in Lucky Six? Answer to three decimal places.
Note : Assume that computer draws the numbers fairly.
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Our strategy for solving this problem could be to first calculate the number of winning combinations, then to calculate the general number of combinations of picking 3 5 balls out of 4 8 , and finally to divide those two numbers.
We'll start with calculating the number of winning combinations. Winning combinations are the combinations of 3 5 numbers which contain your six lucky numbers, while the other 2 9 numbers can be any of 4 2 numbers left. Hence, the number of winning combinations is equal to the number of ways of picking 2 9 numbers out of 4 2 , and that's:
( 2 9 4 2 ) = 2 9 ! × ( 4 2 − 2 9 ) ! 4 2 ! = 2 9 ! × 1 3 ! 4 2 !
Next, number of combinations of picking 3 5 balls out of 4 8 is:
( 3 5 4 8 ) = 3 5 ! × ( 4 8 − 3 5 ) ! 4 8 ! = 3 5 ! × 1 3 ! 4 8 !
Probability of winning is the quotient of these two values:
3 5 ! × 1 3 ! 4 8 ! 2 9 ! × 1 3 ! 4 2 ! = 4 8 × 4 7 × 4 6 × 4 5 × 4 4 × 4 3 3 5 × 3 4 × 3 3 × 3 2 × 3 1 × 3 0 = 0 . 1 3 2 2 7 0 5 8 ≈ 0 . 1 3 2