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Question 1153807: Winning tickets in a lottery are chosen by selecting 6 balls numbered 1 through 50, without replacement. If the order in which the numbered balls are select does not matter, how many possible distinct outcomes are there for the selection?
Answer by ikleyn(52781) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
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different selections.
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This problem is on Combinations.
On Combinations, see introductory lessons
- Introduction to Combinations
- PROOF of the formula on the number of Combinations
- Problems on Combinations
- OVERVIEW of lessons on Permutations and Combinations
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