The Cali Garmo Does Math » Counting http://www.thecaligarmo.com/blog Just another WordPress weblog Mon, 08 Feb 2010 02:19:53 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 The Lottery Problem http://www.thecaligarmo.com/blog/2010/02/05/the-lottery-problem/ http://www.thecaligarmo.com/blog/2010/02/05/the-lottery-problem/#comments Sat, 06 Feb 2010 05:19:01 +0000 thecaligarmo http://www.thecaligarmo.com/blog/?p=69 New month, new riddle! Pretend you just found a $1 bill on the floor and your instincts are telling you to go and buy a lottery ticket. You head to the nearest liquor store and ask for a lotto. The store owner asks you which kind you would like. There is lotto A where you have to choose 6 numbers out of a possible 75, or there is lotto B where you have to choose 5 numbers out of a possible 60 and 1 ‘mega’ number out of a possible 40. You don’t want to waste your dollar, so the question is: which lottery gives you the best odds?

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