SOLUTION: There are 16 people in an office with 6 different phone lines. If all the lines begin to ring at once, how many groups of 6 people can answer these lines?

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Question 1176525: There are 16 people in an office with 6 different phone lines. If all the lines begin to ring at once, how many groups of 6 people can answer these lines?
Answer by ikleyn(52803)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
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In   ways.    ANSWER


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This problem is on COMBINATIONS.


On Combinations,  see introductory lessons
    - Introduction to Combinations
    - PROOF of the formula on the number of Combinations
    - Problems on Combinations
    - OVERVIEW of lessons on Permutations and 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".


Save the link to this textbook together with its description

Free of charge online textbook in ALGEBRA-II
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