Playing the Lottery!
Ralph and Zibu decide to play the lottery, where you try to pick the same six numbers (from 1-50 inclusive) as six numbers that will be selected at random. This picture shows one possible outcome (not necessarily the outcome of the lottery Ralph and Zibu are playing):
Their choices are as follows:
- Ralph: 3, 10, 16, 22, 27, 35
- Zibu: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6
Which player has a higher chance of winning?
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1 solution
Although one is inclined to think that Ralph's choice appears much more random and therefore has a higher probability of success, each has the same probability of winning which is:
( 6 5 0 ) 1 = 1 5 8 9 0 7 0 0 1
Very low!