SOLUTION: Book selection. If a student can select 5 novels from a reading list of 20 for a course in literature, how many different possible ways can this selection be done?

Question 398170: Book selection. If a student can select 5 novels from a reading list of 20 for a course in literature, how many different possible ways can this selection be done?
Answer by stanbon(75887) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Book selection. If a student can select 5 novels from a reading list of 20 for a course in literature, how many different possible ways can this selection be done?
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Ans: 20C5 = (20*19*18*17*16)/(1*2*3*4*5) = 15504
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Stan H.
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