SOLUTION: Rolex determines the world rankings for female golfers on the LPGA tour. During a recent golf event, the top 3 players in the rankings were paried together for the first group of t

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Question 285831: Rolex determines the world rankings for female golfers on the LPGA tour. During a recent golf event, the top 3 players in the rankings were paried together for the first group of the day. If there are 70 players on the tour, how many different pairings are possible for that first group of the day.
DO NOT SOLVE. JUST NEED TO KNOW WHICH FORMULA.
a.Special rule of addition
b. general rule of addition
c. special rule of multiplication
d. genreal rule of multiplication
e. permutation
f. combination
g. multiplication counting formula
h. binomial
i. binomial
j. normal
k. normal approximation to the binomial

Answer by stanbon(75887)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
A pair is a group.
Combinations are counting groups.
Cheers,
Stan H.

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