Maths Question

6/12 x 5/12 x 4/12 x 3/12 x 2/12 x 1/12

or 1/12 x 1/11 x 1/10 x 1/9 x 1/8 x 1/7 if you are only picking 1 number before each drawing , than 6 at the start

12x11x10x9x8x7x6
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6x5x4x3x2x1

Or 6/12 x 5/11 x 4/10 x 3/9 x 2/8 x 1/7, depends.

1st reply should read 6/12 x 5/11 x 4/10 x 3/9 x 2/8 x 1/7 but i think my other post is what you are after

dont think so

no 6 in my top line sorry

i agree with oval man my other work mate does not

300,000/1 ish

Ken has given my answer in an easier form to understand

so it works out at 5,544 to one

where am i going wrong, i make it 324,000 / 1

Do you have to get the correct order or just which 6 of the 12 will be first ones out?

What type of hat?...

no real order. just six numbers tomatch with your six numbers

ffs, with all the figures people on here you would think someone would know it.

Ah, in that case it's (1/2 x 5/11 x 2/5 x 1/3 x 1/7) = 1/161

oops - 1/231

the answer is 5,544 to one

Well I've just drawn 231 times and it only happened once.

If order doesn't matter I'd be inclined to think that as odds of any individual number being drawn out in first 6 is evens, its a 6 runner acca all at Evens, ie 63/1. Can't be that simple tho, can it?

n!/ r! (n-r)!

where: n is the number of balls

r is the number of balls to be picked

so the lottery would be calculated like this:

49!/ 6! (49-6)!

if your question is supposed to work like a lottery the answer is :

12!/ 6!6!

its ok i have the answer thanks

Fack it, buy a scratchcard.

evski the daddy

12!/6!

no no no

12!/6!²

I TRUST ITS A SMOKE FREE OFFICE?