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To play the lottery in a certain state, a person has to correctly select 5 out of 45 numbers, paying $1 for each five-number selection. If the five numbers picked are the same as the ones drawn by the lottery, an enormous sum of money is bestowed. What is the probability that a person with one combination of five numbers will win

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Using the combination formula, the probability that a person with one combination of five numbers will win is:

[tex]\frac{1}{1,221,759}[/tex]

What is the combination formula?

[tex]C_{n,x}[/tex] is the number of different combinations of x objects from a set of n elements, given by:

[tex]C_{n,x} = \frac{n!}{x!(n-x)!}[/tex]

For this problem, 5 numbers are taken from a set of 45, hence the number of combinations is:

[tex]C_{45,5} = \frac{45!}{5!40!} = 1,221,759[/tex]

Hence the probability is:

[tex]\frac{1}{1,221,759}[/tex]

More can be learned about the combination formula at https://brainly.com/question/25821700

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