SOLUTION: Two scholarships (of EQUAL value) have to be given to 2 applicants out of a group of 23 applicants. How many possible ways can you select these 2 awardees?
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Question 463637: Two scholarships (of EQUAL value) have to be given to 2 applicants out of a group of 23 applicants. How many possible ways can you select these 2 awardees?
Answer by edjones(8007) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
nCr=combination of n things taken r at a time=n!/((n-r)!*r!)
23C2=253 ways
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Ed
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