SOLUTION: how many different 12-member juries can be made from 15 people

Question 698254: how many different 12-member juries can be made from 15 people
Answer by Positive_EV(69) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
This problem can be solved using a combination (Use a combination instead of a permutation because the order the members are selected does not matter). The formula for a combination is

, where n is the number of possible objects to select from and k is the number of objects to select. Here, n = 15, and k = 12.

So, there are 455 possible juries that can be selected.
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