SOLUTION: how many groups of 3 toys can child choose to take on vacation from a toy box containing 11 toys

Question 657361: how many groups of 3 toys can child choose to take on vacation from a toy box containing 11 toys

Found 2 solutions by kevwill, Edwin McCravy:
Answer by kevwill(135) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
The number of different ways to choose 3 toys from a toy box containing 11 toys is: which can also be expressed as = = = 165.
Answer by Edwin McCravy(20054) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!

That's 11 things taken 3 at a time. The combinations of 11 things taken 3 at a time is C(11,3) = = 165 You can also get that on a TI-84 Press ON Press CLEAR Press 1 Press 1 Press MATH Press the left arrow key Press 3 Press 3 Press ENTER You'll see this: 11 nCr 3 165 Edwin

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