Homework Help: statistics

Posted by lucky on Saturday, November 13, 2010 at 11:24am.

To win at BIG GAME in a certain state, one must correctly select 6 numbers from a collection of 49 numbers (1 through 49). The order in which the selections is made does not matter. How many different 6-number selections are possible, assuming no repetition of numbers?
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statistics - bobpursley, Saturday, November 13, 2010 at 11:27am
number of choices,no repetition?

49*48*47*46*45*44 or more likely your teacher wanted you to use the formula

choices: 49!/(49-6)!

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