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A daily lottery is conducted in which three winning numbers are selected out of 100 numbers​ (without duplicates). how many different combinations of winning numbers are​ possible?

User Sid S
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that is 100 choices for the first number
99 for the 2nd number
98 for the 3rd number

in total, there are 100*99*98 or 970200 possible combos of winning numbers
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