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 ticket is defined as a set of five white and 1 red number. a. [2 pts] How many possible different Powerball tickets can be purchased? b. [1 pts] How many possible different winning Powerball tickets are there?

Answer 1

Answer: a) 11,238,513 and b) 292,201,338

Step-by-step explanation:

Since we have given that

Number of white balls = 69

Number of white balls drawn = 5

Number of red balls = 26

Number of red balls drawn = 1

According to question, The Powerball jackpot is won by matching all five white balls in any order and the red Powerball.

So, a) Possible different ways of Powerball tickets can be purchased is given by

$^{69}C_5\\\\=11,238,513$

And

b) Number of possible ways of different winning Poweball tickets are there would be

$26\times ^[69}C_5\\\\=292,201,338$

Hence, a) 11,238,513 and b) 292,201,338