SOLUTION: A soccer team has 11 players in how many ways can the coach select 5 players for the starting lineup.

Algebra.Com
Question 1207712: A soccer team has 11 players in how many ways can the coach select 5 players for the starting lineup.
Answer by ikleyn(52786)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
.

In   =  =  = 462 different ways.    ANSWER


It is the number of all possible combinations of 11 items/persons taken 5 at a time.

Solved.

----------------

Since the order of persons does not matter,  this problem is on  COMBINATIONS.

On  Combinations,  see introductory lessons
    - Introduction to Combinations
    - PROOF of the formula on the number of Combinations
    - Problems on Combinations
in this site.



RELATED QUESTIONS

The coach from a soccer team of 15 players must select 11 players for the start of a... (answered by stanbon)
In how many ways can a coach select 5 players from a team of 10... (answered by stanbon)
A youth indoor soccer team has 6 starting players. The starting players must consist of 3 (answered by sudhanshu_kmr)
A basketball team has 12 players. In how many different ways can the coach select 2... (answered by ewatrrr)
A basketball team has 8 players. In how many different ways can the coach select 2... (answered by Boreal)
There are 13 players on a baseball team. How many ways can a coach make a lineup of 9... (answered by sudhanshu_kmr)
There are 15 players on a boy soccer team. In how many ways can the coach line all the... (answered by greenestamps)
A basketball team consists of 11 players. In how many ways can a coach choose the five... (answered by jim_thompson5910)
Thirty three students went out for junior high football.How many ways can the coach... (answered by stanbon)