document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=84169>Question 84169</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> A school sent 5 students to a Spelling Bee. The team was made up of 4 people. How many combinations of 4 students could make up team? </SPAN>\n" );
document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #60616 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=60616\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Since there are 5 students to choose from, and a \"team\" consists of 4 players, you are taking a combination of \"5 students taken 4 at at time\".  One way to write this is C(5,4).  To find the value of this:<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "An easier way to do this is to realize that CHOOSING 4 out of 5 to be on the team is EXACTLY the same as choosing 1 out of 5 to NOT be on the team.  There are obviously 5 ways to choose 1 person NOT to be on the team, so the answer is 5.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "R^2 at SCC </SPAN>\n" );
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