SOLUTION: How do you properly use the combination formula,I'm confused on how to use the permutations? The problem I have to solve is "how many ways are there to choose 5 cards from a standa

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Question 1163893: How do you properly use the combination formula,I'm confused on how to use the permutations? The problem I have to solve is "how many ways are there to choose 5 cards from a standard deck of 52 playing cards?"
Answer by ikleyn(52777) About Me  (Show Source):
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The number of combinations of 52 items taken 5 at a time is


    C%5B15%5D%5E5 = 15%21%2F%285%21%2A%2852-5%29%21%29 = %2852%2A51%2A50%2A49%2A48%29%2F%281%2A2%2A3%2A4%2A5%29 = 2598960.      ANSWER

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On Combinations,  see introductory lessons
    - Introduction to Combinations
    - PROOF of the formula on the number of Combinations
    - Problems on Combinations
    - OVERVIEW of lessons on Permutations and Combinations
in this site.

From these lessons, learn everything you need to know about combinations.

Also,  you have this free of charge online textbook in ALGEBRA-II in this site
    - ALGEBRA-II - YOUR ONLINE TEXTBOOK.

The referred lessons are the part of this online textbook under the topic  "Combinatorics: Combinations and permutations".


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