Question

Winning the jackpot in a particular lottery requires that you select the correct five numbers between 1 and 36 ​and, in a separate​ drawing, you must also select the correct single number between 1 and 24. Find the probability of winning the jackpot.

The probability of winning the jackpot is ?

(Type an integer or simplified fraction.)

Answer 1

We have to select 5 numbers between 1 and 36.    Therefore selecting 5 numbers from 36 numbers =    we have to select 1 number between 1 and 24 . Therefore, possible outcomes are =9047808

Number of ways of winning=1*1=1

Proabability (winning the jackpot)=1/9047808