In a lottery, the top cash prize was $646 million, going to three lucky winners. Players pick five different numbers from 1 t
o 54 and one number from 1 to 49. A player wins a minimum award of $525 by correctly matching three numbers drawn from the white balls (1 through 54) and matching the number on the gold ball (1 through 49). What is the probability of winning the minimum award?
I think there is more to the question, but the equation to solve for the number of months until Rita has enough money to put a down payment for a condominium is 15,000=8,000+850X