You are teaching a math class, and have seventeen students who are so hard-working and invested, you offer to reward them with a math textbook. From your collection of 50 math books, you select 15 different books for them to chose from. How many ways are there to select 15 books from your collection? How many ways are there of giving books to those students?

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You are teaching a math class, and have seventeen students who are so hard-working and invested, you offer to reward them with a math textbook. From your collection of 50 math books, you select 15 different books for them to chose from. How many ways are there to select 15 books from your collection? How many ways are there of giving books to those students?

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