If 59c5=5006386 then how do I find the combinations that total 167?
R Roter New member Joined Dec 1, 2011 Messages 1 Dec 1, 2011 #1 If 59c5=5006386 then how do I find the combinations that total 167?
S soroban Elite Member Joined Jan 28, 2005 Messages 5,586 Dec 1, 2011 #2 Hello, Roter! I will guess the situation . . . \(\displaystyle \text{If }^{59}C_{5} = 5,\!006,\!386,\text{ then how do I find the combination that total 167 ?}\) Click to expand... Using my powers of clairvoyance, I see a dark stranger . . . (wrong reading!) I see a lottery in which 5 numbers are selected from 1-to-59. A winning entry is one in which the sum of the numbers is 167. List the combinations that total 167. Whew! . . . That is a Herculean task. BTW, that given number is no help. It tells us the number of combinations we must examine. At one number per second, it will take us 57 days, 22 hours, .. 39 minutes, 46 seconds to read the entire list. Last edited: Dec 2, 2011
Hello, Roter! I will guess the situation . . . \(\displaystyle \text{If }^{59}C_{5} = 5,\!006,\!386,\text{ then how do I find the combination that total 167 ?}\) Click to expand... Using my powers of clairvoyance, I see a dark stranger . . . (wrong reading!) I see a lottery in which 5 numbers are selected from 1-to-59. A winning entry is one in which the sum of the numbers is 167. List the combinations that total 167. Whew! . . . That is a Herculean task. BTW, that given number is no help. It tells us the number of combinations we must examine. At one number per second, it will take us 57 days, 22 hours, .. 39 minutes, 46 seconds to read the entire list.
