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

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No. of ways of selecting 6 numbers out of 20 numbers from 1 to 20 are `=.^(20)C_(6)`
`n(S)=.^(20)C_(6)`
Prize can be won by one way only.
`:.` Probability of winning a prize `=1/(.^(20)C_(6))`
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