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Of 16 possible books you plan to take 8 with you on vacation, how many different collections of 8 can you bring?
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document.write( "If you have the 8 books in a stack, it does not matter what order\r\n" );
document.write( "they are stacked in, so this is a COMBINATION problem, not a PERMUTATION\r\n" );
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document.write( "The is the combination of 16 things taken 8 at a time.\r\n" );
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document.write( "C(16,8) = 12870\r\n" );
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document.write( "On the TI-83 or 84\r\n" );
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document.write( "Press CLEAR\r\n" );
document.write( "Press 16\r\n" );
document.write( "Press MATH\r\n" );
document.write( "Press 3\r\n" );
document.write( "Press 8\r\n" );
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document.write( "You will see\r\n" );
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document.write( "16 nCr 8\r\n" );
document.write( "            12870\r\n" );
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