SOLUTION: An arcade has 20 different arcade games. You want to play at least 14 of them. How many different combinations of arcade games can you play?

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Question 599773: An arcade has 20 different arcade games. You want to play at least 14 of them. How many different combinations of arcade games can you play?
Found 3 solutions by edjones, stanbon, rjimenez:
Answer by edjones(8007) About Me  (Show Source):
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Combination=nCr=n!/((n-r)!r!)
=20!/((20-14)!*14!)
=38760 combinations.
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Ed

Answer by stanbon(75887) About Me  (Show Source):
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An arcade has 20 different arcade games. You want to play at least 14 of them. How many different combinations of arcade games can you play?
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Ans: 20C14 = 20C6 = (20*19*18*17*16*15)/(1*2*3*4*5*6) = 39760
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Cheers,
Stan H.

Answer by rjimenez(1) About Me  (Show Source):
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At least means you can play 14 or 15 or 16 or 17 or 18 or 19 or 20 games so you need to add the combinations 20C14 + 20C15 + 20C16 + 20C17 + 20C18 + 20C19 + 20C20 = 60,460