Math Q: Which has better odds?
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(26-01-2023, 08:46 PM)WhatDoYouThink! Wrote:  5+1 has higher chance of winning, that's why the prize is lower. Can do a simple calculations:

1. Strike all 6:

P1 = 1/c(49, 6)

2. Strike 5 + 1:

P2 = c(6, 5)×c(43, 1)/c(49, 6)

Look up for
c(6, 5)×c(43, 1) = 6x43 = 258

So p2 = 258 x p1

5+1 is also 6 numbers. Probability to get 6 numbers are the same.
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Math Q: Which has better odds? - by Sentinel - 26-01-2023, 08:21 PM
RE: Math Q: Which has better odds? - by grotesqueness - 26-01-2023, 08:34 PM
RE: Math Q: Which has better odds? - by winbig - 26-01-2023, 08:35 PM
RE: Math Q: Which has better odds? - by WhatDoYouThink! - 26-01-2023, 08:46 PM
RE: Math Q: Which has better odds? - by winbig - 26-01-2023, 08:50 PM
RE: Math Q: Which has better odds? - by WhatDoYouThink! - 26-01-2023, 08:56 PM
RE: Math Q: Which has better odds? - by winbig - 26-01-2023, 09:11 PM
RE: Math Q: Which has better odds? - by WhatDoYouThink! - 26-01-2023, 09:15 PM
RE: Math Q: Which has better odds? - by exEDMW here are losers - 26-01-2023, 09:11 PM
RE: Math Q: Which has better odds? - by forum456 - 26-01-2023, 09:34 PM
RE: Math Q: Which has better odds? - by WhatDoYouThink! - 27-01-2023, 03:25 PM

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