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In  a lottery, a person chooses six different numbers at random from 1 to 20 and if these six numbers match with six numbers already fixed by the lottery committee, he wins the prize. What is the probability of winning the prize in the game?

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Number of ways in which `6`
numbers can be chosen from `20` `= (20)_(C_6)=38760`
Out of which only `1` is correct.
Hence, `p(E)=1/(38760)`
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