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Question 560062: A lottery has 52 numbers. In how many different ways can 6 of the numbers be selected? Order of selection is no important.
Answer by stanbon(75887) About Me  (Show Source):
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A lottery has 52 numbers. In how many different ways can 6 of the numbers be selected? Order of selection is no important.
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52C6 = 20,358,520 ways
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And only one of them is the winning combination.
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Cheers,
Stan H.