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In the SuperLottery, three balls are drawn (at random) from ten white balls numbered from 1 to 10, and one SuperBall is drawn (at random) from ten red balls numbered from 11 to 20. When you buy a ticket, you choose three numbers from 1 to 10 and one number from 11 to 20.

If the numbers on your ticket match at least two of the white balls or match the red SuperBall, then you win a super prize. What is the probability that you win a super prize?

 Dec 13, 2020
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nCr(20, 2) = 190 ways of selecting 2 from 20

nCr(10, 1)    =   10 ways of selecting 1 from 10

 

To find the over all probability of winning,

Calculate the Harmonic Mean (19) and divide by 2

Equivalent to

1/ (1//190 + 1/10) =9.5

 

So the probability is 1/9.5 = 2/19.

 Dec 13, 2020

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