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To win at lotto in one​ state, one must correctly select 5 numbers from a collection of 58 numbers​ (1 through 58​). the order in which the selection is made does not matter. how many different selections are​ possible?

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The number of possible selections is
C(58, 5) = 58!/(5!*53!) = 4,582,116
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