SOLUTION: From a set of 12 math books, 13 science books, and 10 literature books, in how many ways can a student select 2 from each set?

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Question 1149140: From a set of 12 math books, 13 science books, and 10 literature books, in how many ways can a student select 2 from each set?

Answer by ikleyn(52781)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
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In  ** =  = 231660 ways.

Solved and answered.

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in my solution is the number of COMBINATIONS of "m" items taken "n" at a time.

For introductory lessons on COMBINATIONS see
    - Introduction to Combinations
    - PROOF of the formula on the number of Combinations
    - Problems on Combinations
    - OVERVIEW of lessons on Permutations and Combinations
in this site.

Also,  you have this free of charge online textbook in ALGEBRA-II in this site
    - 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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