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Question 281005: a school sent 5 students to a spelling bee. the team was made up of 4 people. how many different teams of 4 students could be sent?
Answer by brucewill(101)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
This is a COMBINATIONS question.
Combinations of 5 things 4 at a time, is:
= 5

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