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Originally Posted by Mike (18colt)
I believe it's 792 combos. Statistically, 12 choose 5, which would be 12!/[(5!)(7!)].
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Indeed. Dividing by 7! accounts for only choosing 5 items of the 12, and dividing by 5! accounts for the fact that within the group of 5 sequence doesn't matter.
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Last edited by Peter_Spaeth; 01-04-2019 at 05:37 PM.
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