SOLUTION: if 3 books are picked at random from a shelf containing 5 novel, 3 books of poems, and a dictionary, in how many ways this can be don't if there is no restriction, the dictionary i

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Question 1086846: if 3 books are picked at random from a shelf containing 5 novel, 3 books of poems, and a dictionary, in how many ways this can be don't if there is no restriction, the dictionary is selected and 2 novels and 1 book of poems are selected?
Answer by Boreal(15235) About Me  (Show Source):
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No restrictions, it is 9C3=84 different ways.
Restricted 1 way to select a dictionary*3 ways to select a poem book*10 ways (5C2) to select 2 novels from 5=30 ways total.