SOLUTION: in how many ways can a teacher select 5 students from a class of 23 students?

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Question 1207178: in how many ways can a teacher select 5 students from a class of 23 students?
Answer by ikleyn(52781)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
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The answer is the number of combinations of 23 students taken 5 at a time


     =  = 33649  different ways.

Solved.

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Since the order of students does not matter,  this problem is on  COMBINATIONS.


If you got this problem, it is assumed that you have a necessary knowledge on combinations
from your teacher/professor and/or from your textbook as a pre-requisite.

If not,  read these introductory lessons on combinations in this site
    - Introduction to Combinations
    - PROOF of the formula on the number of Combinations
    - Problems on Combinations



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