SOLUTION: a class has 30 students the class needs to select 3 representative.in how many ways can be done?

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Question 1092855: a class has 30 students the class needs to select 3 representative.in how many ways can be done?
Answer by ikleyn(52776)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
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It is the number of combinations of 30 items taken 3 at a time.

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On Combinations, see the lessons
    - Introduction to Combinations
    - PROOF of the formula on the number of Combinations
    - Problems on Combinations
in this site.

Also,  you have this free of charge online textbook in ALGEBRA-II in this site
    - ALGEBRA-II - YOUR ONLINE TEXTBOOK.

The referred lessons are the part of this online textbook under the topic  "Combinatorics: Combinations and permutations".


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