Question

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?

Answer 1

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

$7C50=\frac{50!}{7!(50-7)!}=99,884,400$

therefore

the answer is 99,884,400 selections