SOLUTION: in how many way can 5 states be selected from the top 10 states with the most murders if the order of the 5 states does not matter?

Question 1104190: in how many way can 5 states be selected from the top 10 states with the most murders if the order of the 5 states does not matter?
Answer by ikleyn(52864) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
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There are  =  = 252 ways to select 5 objects/items/elements from 10 objects/items/elements, if the order does not matter.


Here  is the number of combinations of 10 items taken 5 at a time.

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On combinations, see the lessons
    - Introduction to Combinations
    - PROOF of the formula on the number of Combinations
    - Problems on Combinations
in this site.

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    - ALGEBRA-II - YOUR ONLINE TEXTBOOK.

The referred lessons are the part of this online textbook under the topic "Combinatorics: Combinations and permutations".

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