SOLUTION: Determine weather the problem involves permutations or combinations and why. Do not Slove. a hamburger shop sells hamburgers with cheese, relish, lettuce, tomato, onion, mustard,

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Question 35644: Determine weather the problem involves permutations or combinations and why. Do not Slove.
a hamburger shop sells hamburgers with cheese, relish, lettuce, tomato, onion, mustard, or ketchup. howmany different hamburgers can be concocted using any 5 of the extras?

Answer by stanbon(75887)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
combinations because you are grouping 5 objects to make a sandwich.
grouping is the important word.
Permutations are arrangements; combinations are groups.
Cheers,
Stan H.

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