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//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???
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#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
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enter a range: 10
enter number to match: 2
odds are 45 to 1
*/