SOLUTION: My question has to do with gambling. Lets say i chose 5 football matches. There is what we call combination i.e accumulation of matches for higher returns. So lets say i wanna comb

Question 630972: My question has to do with gambling. Lets say i chose 5 football matches. There is what we call combination i.e accumulation of matches for higher returns. So lets say i wanna combine 3 matches together out of the 5 matches, in how many different combo can i achieve this without repetition? Thank you.
Answer by Alan3354(69443) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Lets say i chose 5 football matches. There is what we call combination i.e accumulation of matches for higher returns. So lets say i wanna combine 3 matches together out of the 5 matches, in how many different combo can i achieve this without repetition?
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The 1st is 1 of 5, then 1 of 4, 1 of 3
--> 5*4*3 = 60 (if I understood correctly)
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