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)

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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) About Me  (Show Source):
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C(51,5) = 51! / ((51-5)!*5!) = (51*50*49*48*47)/(5*4*3*2) = +highlight%28+2349060+%29+

Answer by MathLover1(20849) About Me  (Show Source):
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We may use the formula for combinations to find how many different lottery tickets can be made with 5 different numbers selected from+1+ to 51 :
C%28n%2Cr%29+=n+%2F+%28r%21%28n-r%29%21%29
C%2851%2C5%29+=+51%21+%2F+%285%21+%2851-5%29%21%29+=+51%21+%2F+%285%2146%21%29+=2349060