/**********************************************************/ //odds.cpp //Written by: R. A. Hillyard //Last Modified 09/24/2001 // //Program to compute the odds of hitting the jackpot when the //number of matches and the range are input by the user. //For example what are the odds of picking 6 out of 50??? /*********************************************************/ #include<iostream> using namespace std; int main() { long odds; int i; int range; int num; cout << " enter a range: "; cin >> range; cout << " enter number to match: "; cin >> num; odds = 1; for (i=num; i > 0; i--) { odds = odds * range / i; range--; } cout << "odds are " << odds << " to 1\n"; return 0; }//end main /********************************************************** enter a range: 10 enter number to match: 2 odds are 45 to 1 */