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Lets say i chose 5 football matches. There is what we call combination i.e accumulation of matches for higher returns. So lets say i wanna combine 3 matches together out of the 5 matches, in how many different combo can i achieve this without repetition?
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\n" ); document.write( "The 1st is 1 of 5, then 1 of 4, 1 of 3
\n" ); document.write( "--> 5*4*3 = 60 (if I understood correctly) \n" ); document.write( "

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