SOLUTION: A group is to be chosen from 5 people. How many ways can four people be selected?

Question 1138073: A group is to be chosen from 5 people. How many ways can four people be selected?
Answer by ikleyn(52781) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
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A group of four person can be selected from 5 people in   = 5 ways.

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It is about Combinations.

On Combinations, see introductory 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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