document.write( "Question 1134327: An English teacher needs to pick 10 books to put on her reading list for the
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An English teacher needs to pick 10 books to put on her reading list for the
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document.write( "She wants to pick 10 books. She picks all 4 poetry books and therefore needs\r\n" );
document.write( "to pick 6 more from the 5+5+7=17 other (non-poetry) books.\r\n" );
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document.write( "So she can pick the remaining 6 (non-poetry) books in (17 CHOOSE 6) = 17C6\r\n" );
document.write( "= 12376 ways.\r\n" );
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document.write( "For each of the 12376 ways to pick the 10 books to read, she can arrange the\r\n" );
document.write( "order to read them in -- in (10 POSITION 10)=10P10=10!=3628800 ways.\r\n" );
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document.write( "Answer: (17C6)(10!)=12376*3628800 = 4.49×1010\r\n" );
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