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To win at LOTTO in one state, one must correctly select 7 numbers from a collection of 50 numbers 1 through 50. The order in which the selection is made does not matter. How many different selections are possible?

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To win at LOTTO in one state, one must correctly select 7 numbers from a collection of 50 numbers 1 through 50. The order in which the selection is made does not matter. How many different selections are possible?

Find out the combination 7C50

so


7C50=(50!)/(7!(50-7)!)=99,884,400

therefore

the answer is 99,884,400 selections

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