document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=308072>Question 308072</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> A basketball team has 5 players. Find the number of different basketball teams that can be formed from a group of 12 students? </SPAN>\n" );
document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #220320 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=rapaljer><B>rapaljer(4671)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-13.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=rapaljer><IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/images/aboutme-small.gif BORDER=0 alt=\"About Me\" VALIGN=MIDDLE></A>&nbsp;<IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/cgi-bin/show-face.mpl?user=rapaljer><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=220320\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> This is a combination, in which you are choosing 5 out of 12 players.  The number of combinations is c(12,5) = <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=%2812%2A11%2A10%2A9%2A8%29%2F%285%2A4%2A3%2A2%2A1%29 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"%2812%2A11%2A10%2A9%2A8%29%2F%285%2A4%2A3%2A2%2A1%29\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >.  I used a calculator to do this directly, and it came out 792.\r<BR>\n" );
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