document.write( "Question 221683: Your favorite pizza parlor offers six meat toppings and eight veggie toppings. If you order a three-topping pizza at random, what is the probability that it is vegetarian?\r
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document.write( "14 toppings offered, so n = 14
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document.write( "Arrange in groups of 3, so r = 3\r
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document.write( "n!/r!(n-r)!\r
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document.write( "14!/3!(14-3)! = 364 possible combinations
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