SOLUTION: In a CT lottery, a set of 5 different numbers are chosen from 1 to 51. How many different lottery tickets are there? (Enter answer as a whole number)

Question 1204159: In a CT lottery, a set of 5 different numbers are chosen from 1 to 51. How many different lottery tickets are there? (Enter answer as a whole number)

Found 2 solutions by math_helper, MathLover1:
Answer by math_helper(2461) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
C(51,5) = 51! / ((51-5)!*5!) = (51*50*49*48*47)/(5*4*3*2) =

Answer by MathLover1(20849) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!

We may use the formula for combinations to find how many different lottery tickets can be made with different numbers selected from to :

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