SOLUTION: Ok, heres my question and I have the answer its 10. But I dont know whats the "formal" equation to use. From 5 employees at a company, a group of 3 employees will be chosen to wor

Question 759672: Ok, heres my question and I have the answer its 10. But I dont know whats the "formal" equation to use.
From 5 employees at a company, a group of 3 employees will be chosen to work on a project. How many different groups of 3 employees can be chosen?
Found 2 solutions by reviewermath, rothauserc:
Answer by reviewermath(1029) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Q:
From 5 employees at a company, a group of 3 employees will be chosen to work on a project. How many different groups of 3 employees can be chosen?
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A:
Enter the formula =combin(5,3) on EXCEL, the result is .
Answer by rothauserc(4718) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
this is a combination problem, that is, how many combinations are there from 5 employees taken 3 at a time?
formula is 5! / 3! * (5-3)! = 5*4*3*2*1 / 3*2*2 = 10 combinations
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