1. The number of possible combinations of six numbers selected from 1 to 59 is approximately _____ times the number of combinations selected from 1 through 49.
(a) 2
(b) 3
(c) 10
(d) 100
2. Drawings for Lotto are held twice per week. Suppose that you decide to purchase 110 tickets for each drawing and never use the same combination twice. Approximately how many years would be required before you would have bet on every possible combination?
(a) 100
(b) 1000
(c) 2000
(d) 4000
New York State lottery (Lotto). When it was first established, a contestant had to select six numbers from 1 to 49. A few years later, the numbers 50 through 54 were added. In March 2007, the numbers 55 through 59 were added.