SOLUTION: How do I find all of the possibilities to combine 56 numbers, when I can only use six at a time? (I.E. 56,55,54,53,52,51 and 1,2,3,4,5,6) Thanks much : )

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Question 120007: How do I find all of the possibilities to combine 56 numbers, when I can only use six at a time? (I.E. 56,55,54,53,52,51 and 1,2,3,4,5,6)
Thanks much : )
Answer by stanbon(75887) About Me  (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Hopefully you are trying to list all the groups of six.
The number of such groups is 56C6 = 56!/[50!*6!]= 32,468,436
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Cheers,
Stan H.