SOLUTION: If a group of three students is to be selected from a class of 25 to attend a local science fair, how many different groups are possible?

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Question 1165885: If a group of three students is to be selected from a class of 25 to attend a local science fair, how many different groups are possible?
Answer by ikleyn(52805)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
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It is the number of combinations of 25 items taken 3 at a time


     =  = 25*4*23 = 100*23 = 2300.    ANSWER

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