SOLUTION: Jenny has a bunch of socks. None match. If there are 3570 different combinations she can make, how many socks does she have?
I tried 8x7x6x5x4x3x2 which equals 40320. then I tri
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I tried 8x7x6x5x4x3x2 which equals 40320. then I tri
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Question 710462: Jenny has a bunch of socks. None match. If there are 3570 different combinations she can make, how many socks does she have?
I tried 8x7x6x5x4x3x2 which equals 40320. then I tried 7x6x5x4x3x2 which equals 5040. Answer by vheroli(126) (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website! You are working with combinations so you must use nCr.
r=2 because there are 2 socks for every pair.
and then i did trial and error on calculator and got
85C2 = 3570
Answer: 85 socks
