A few days ago
woohoo

the counting principle in math!! HEELP!?

i dont get these problems could some1 help me solve them? i have to use the counting principle to help find the probability #1 rolling a 3 on each of two number cubes

#2 choosing the three winning lottery numbers when the numbers are chosen at random for 1 to 50. NUmbers can repeat.

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A few days ago
math guy

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Probability is defined as:

(number of favorable outcomes) / (number of possible outcomes)

So you need to count how many ways there are to get it right and divide by the number of possibilities.

#1 When rolling 2 dice (number cubes) there are 36 possibilities. One of these is double 3’s. So the probability of that happening is 1/36.

#2 There is again only one way to win. This time, there are 50*50*50 = 12500 total possibilities. So the probability is 1/12,500.

(By the way, 50*49*48 would be the number of possibilities of the numbers could NOT repeat.)

I hope this helps!

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A few days ago
Anonymous
ok fiest one is 5

50 times 49 times 48 equals 117600 divided by 2 equals 58800 since it is a combination

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