SOLUTION: A certain lottery has 26 numbers. In how many different ways can 5 of the numbers be selcted? (assume that order of selection is not important) 26!

Question 341710: A certain lottery has 26 numbers.
In how many different ways can 5 of the numbers be selcted?
(assume that order of selection is not important)
26! 26x25x24x23x22x21
____ -----------------= 1,578,720
(26-5)!5! 105

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So there are 65,780 different ways to select 5 numbers from a pool of 26 numbers.

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