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 ticket is defined as a set of five white and 1 red number.
The question continues ; I take it is defined as a set of five white and one red number how many possible different Powerball tickets can be purchased how many possible different winning Powerball tickets are there
Step-by-step explanation:
he concept of combinatorics ( combination and permutation) is applied her
nPr = n!/(n-r)!
nCr = n!/(n-r)!r!
Hence number of possible different powerball tickets = number of ways of selection
= selecting 5 white ball from a total of 69 and selecting a red ball from a total of 26
