SOLUTION: 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 ma

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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?
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     C%5B50%5D%5E6  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
in this site.

Also,  you have this free of charge online textbook in ALGEBRA-II in this site
    - ALGEBRA-II - YOUR ONLINE TEXTBOOK.

The referred lessons are the part of this online textbook under the topic  "Combinatorics: Combinations and permutations".


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