SOLUTION: In how many different ways can 15 tickets to a football game be distributed among a class of 30 students if each student gets at most one ticket?

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Question 346752: In how many different ways can 15 tickets to a football game be distributed among a class of 30 students if each student gets at most one ticket?
Answer by nyc_function(2741)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Use 30C15, unless the tickets have designated seating in which case you can use 30P15.
Do you know the difference between combination and permutation?

If so, then you do not need the formulas, right?

In any case, you can find the formulas at the following link:

http://www.regentsprep.org/Regents/math/algtrig/ATS5/Lcomb.htm

I'll let you take it from here.

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