On Sun, Feb 13, 2005 at 12:37:11AM -0500, Michael J. Mc Avoy Sr. wrote:
> Jay,
>
> Try this
>
> 53/5=10.6
> *52/4=137.8
> *51/3=2342.6
> *50/2=58565
> *49=2,869,685
> *42=120,526,770
>
> 53 divided by 5
> times 52 divided by 4
>
> Now you will get the correct answer.
>
> And I have created the entire set of combinations
> for the Power Ball 1/53 first five then 42 power balls.
Unless the powerball works differently than most multiball lotteries, I
suspect you're wrong.
[ reads powerball.com ]
Nope. It's 53*52*51*50*49 * 42
Why are you dividing?
The first five balls come from a descending pool of available balls;
the last one from a separate pool.
So, the correct numeric answer, actually, is 14,463,212,400, rather
than what I posted before. But still a vastly larger number than
yours.
Cheers,
-- jra
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