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Its pretty easy, though it does mean that only one of each number may be picked, and only works one game at a time.
The is a binomial coefficient, it means 49! (49 factorial) divided by 6factorial by 49 - 6 factorial.
So for a smaller example lets say
you have
or
and in general
This is the way in which Camelot calculate the odds for the UK National Lottery, well I assume so as
this method gives the same odds as they give. Around 13million or 13983816 to one.More chance of jumping off Sears Tower and a gust of wind catching you and neatly placing you back on top,
whilst meanwhile another gust of wind grabs a beer from someone standing outside a bar and simultaneously
places it into your hand.:P
Thanks I get what the notation means now, but can you tell me where you got the numbers from?
49 choose 6
I think thats right, though it depends on the number of options you have in your lottery.
Thanks, but I have no idead idea what that notation means.
Also it appears since it is with replacement , you have the possibility of having 2 or more numbers the same. Are you sure that the balls are replaced after each pick?
Well it's not for anything real life, it's for a theatrical lottery, I just want to know how to work it out to help me learn about maths.
Can you tell what the odss are if the balls are replaced and if they are not replace please? Show me how you work it out. Thanks for all the replies so far.
Hi Geodude;
I am agreeing with ZHero. I need a little more help on the cipher. Usually they are the inverse mod of 26. This works fine for 3 and 9 but fails for 6. What else can you tell me about the cipher?
Hey guys, I can't tell you anymore because it's not my code. Someone sent it to my friend on Facebook and my friend sent it to me. He said that the guy who sent it studies math and is always sending him stuff. It's definetly solvable, but i'm sorry I have no more info to give you.
You are describing a different lottery to the one on that page. Do you ou have 40 different numbered balls? Do you win in any order? Such as?
1,5,10,32,16,29,37,11 is this the same as 37,11,3,32,1,16,29,10?
Yes in any order. The balls are numbered from 1 to 40
Yes, it has 8 balls in total and to win the maximum prize you need to get all eight correect. Each time a ball is picked up of 40 other balls (it is replaced before the next ball is picked)
Can you please explain how to calculate this? I'm not so much interested in calculating it, just in knowing how to calculate it.
MathsIsFun wrote:Interesting side issue: for a computer to pass the Turing test it would also need to be deceptive. Ask it for the square root of pi and it needs to go "Umm...let me think... about ummm.... 1 point ahhh..."
...or be genuinely bad at math. All of our computers today do computation well, but computers of the future might not work that way. It seems to me, if we want to have truly intelligent and creative computers, we need to make them dumb at some things.
As for why we would want to give computers emotions: I don't think we have a choice. I think emotions are a side effect of true intelligence. I believe that emotions are an unavoidable consequence of intelligence/creativity.
Can you expand on this please?
Hi, I drag at math can someone please explain this to me.
My friend sent me this riddle please, please help me crack it:
HJSEAXSDTHRWCA
My cipher is
"3 , 6 , 9"
Thanks in advance for any help.
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