SOLUTION: in how many ways can a teacher select 5 students from a class of 23 students?

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Question 1207178: in how many ways can a teacher select 5 students from a class of 23 students?
Answer by ikleyn(52781) About Me  (Show Source):
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The answer is the number of combinations of 23 students taken 5 at a time


    C%5B23%5D%5E5 = %2823%2A22%2A21%2A20%2A19%29%2F%281%2A2%2A3%2A4%2A5%29 = 33649  different ways.

Solved.

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Since the order of students does not matter,  this problem is on  COMBINATIONS.


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    - Introduction to Combinations
    - PROOF of the formula on the number of Combinations
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