SOLUTION: In the lottery there are 54 numbers to choose from. You have to choose 6 numbers. Wouldn't there only be 324 different combinations that could win?

Question 118212: In the lottery there are 54 numbers to choose from. You have to choose 6 numbers. Wouldn't there only be 324 different combinations that could win?
Answer by stanbon(75887) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
In the lottery there are 54 numbers to choose from. You have to choose 6 numbers. Wouldn't there only be 324 different combinations that could win?
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There is really only one "combination" of numbers that can win.
But there are 6! = 720 different "permutations" of that set of
winning numbers.
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Cheers,
Stan H.
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