SOLUTION: 5 students from your class of 100 are slected for a conference. How many groups of 5 are possible?

Question 295357: 5 students from your class of 100 are slected for a conference. How many groups of 5 are possible?
Answer by stanbon(75887) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
5 students from your class of 100 are slected for a conference. How many groups of 5 are possible?
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Counting groups is counting combinations:
Your Problem:
100C5 = (100*99*98*97*96)/(1*2*3*4*5)
= 75,287,520
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Cheers,
Stan H.
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