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Question 1149436: A display manager wished to place four different colors of a style of women’s spring dresses in a display window. If there are eight colors from which to choose, how many ways can four different colors be combined?
Answer by ikleyn(52781)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
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In   =  = 70 ways.


It is about COMBINATIONS.

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On Combinations,  see introductory lessons
    - 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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