> What is the formula to calculate the number of combinations of size x
>  [no repeats] that exist in a set of size y?

Combinations are closely related to permutations.

http://www.mathwords.com/c/combination_formula.htm
http://www.easycalculation.com/statistics/learn-permutation-combination.php

Should help you out.

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Jay

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