SOLUTION: An election ballot asks voters to select 6 city commissioners from a group of 14 candidates. In how many ways can this be​ done?

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Question 1164521: An election ballot asks voters to select 6 city commissioners from a group of 14 candidates. In how many ways can this be​ done?
Answer by ikleyn(52776)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
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It is the number of combinations of 14 items/persons taken 6 at a time


     =  = 3003.     ANSWER

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

Also,  you have this free of charge online textbook in ALGEBRA-II in this site
    - ALGEBRA-II - YOUR ONLINE TEXTBOOK.

The referred lessons are the part of this online textbook under the topic  "Combinatorics: Combinations and permutations".


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