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In powerball, 5 white balls are drawn from bucket with 59 balls numbered 1-59, a

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Question

In powerball, 5 white balls are drawn from bucket with 59 balls numbered 1-59, and one red ball is drawn from a bucket with 39 balls numbered 1-39. to win the $20 million jackpot, a palyer must buy a$1 ticket and pick 5 numbers from 1-59, and then one number from 1-39 for the red ball, get an exact match to the balls drawn . note that the order in which the white balls are drawn does not matter.
a)What is the probability of winning the jackpot if you play once?

b) how many times would you have to play in order to have a 50% chance of winning the jackpot atleast once and how much would that cost

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