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me asked:


What number of ways 5 numbers can be randomly selected from a field of 56

Ella
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mad_mike_j on 12 November, 2008 at 10:09 pm #

458,377,920


ConcernedCitizen on 14 November, 2008 at 1:01 pm #

Assuming they can’t be repeated, you’d calculate it this way:

56 * 55 * 54 * 54 * 52 = 458,377,920


mellowbugle on 15 November, 2008 at 6:49 pm #

56 nCr 5
3819816
I believe that’s how you do it


Ding-Ding on 15 November, 2008 at 11:05 pm #

458,377,920

Kinda puts that phrase, “1 in a million” to shame, doesn’t it?


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