SOLUTION: The starting five players for the New York Knicks basketball team have agreed to make appearances for charity events tomorrow night. If you must send three of them to a United Way
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Question 338899: The starting five players for the New York Knicks basketball team have agreed to make appearances for charity events tomorrow night. If you must send three of them to a United Way event and the other trwo to a Heart Fund event, how many different ways can you make the assignment?
Answer by stanbon(75887) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
The starting five players for the New York Knicks basketball team have agreed to make appearances for charity events tomorrow night. If you must send three of them to a United Way event and the other trwo to a Heart Fund event, how many different ways can you make the assignment?
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# of ways to select 3 for the UW event: 5C3 = (5*4)/(1*2) = 10
# of ways to select the remaining 2 to a HF event: 1
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Notice: Once you have selected the 3 for the UW event you have
no choice as to who goes to the HF event.
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Ans: 10 ways
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Cheers,
Stan H.
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