Question

An individual's chances of being killed by a lighting strike in a given year is 1/5,000,000. The Georgia Lottery has just invented a new game "Thunder" in which you win if you guess 5 out of 65 numbers right (order does not matter).

(A)True

(B) False


Your chances of winning Thunder are higher than your chances of dying in a lightning strike in a given year.


(A) Higher

(B) Lower

(C) The same

(D) Can't compare.

Answer 1

Answer: a) True, b) Higher.

Explanation:

Since we have given that

Probability of dying in a lightning strike in a given year is given by

`(1)/(5000000)\\\\=0.0000002`

Probability of winning Thunder is given by

`(5)/(65)=0.07`

So, 0.07> 0.0000002

Chances of winning thunder are higher than chances of dying in a lightning strike in a given year.

Hence, A) True, b) Higher.