SOLUTION: A knitting club has 14 members. It has to send a team of 5 knitters to a knitting competition in the neighboring town. Find the number of different knitting teams that can be sent.

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Question 1162094: A knitting club has 14 members. It has to send a team of 5 knitters to a knitting competition in the neighboring town. Find the number of different knitting teams that can be sent.
Multiple choice answers:
a. 2,002
b. 240,240
c. 2,200
d. 4,004
Answer by solver91311(24713) About Me  (Show Source):
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You don't make it clear whether the order of the members in the team matters. Is it simply a team of 5, or is it the best knitter, the second-best, and so on.

If order doesn't matter, then you want:



If order does matter, then you want:



I recognized the ambiguity because both answers are listed.

John

My calculator said it, I believe it, that settles it