SOLUTION: Margaret needs to pick players for her dodgeball team. If Margaret needs 5 playersand has 8 people to choose from how many different combonations can she make?

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Question 407349: Margaret needs to pick players for her dodgeball team. If Margaret needs 5 playersand has 8 people to choose from how many different combonations can she make?
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Margaret needs to pick players for her dodgeball team. If Margaret needs 5 players and has 8 people to choose from how many different combinations can
she make?
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Ans: 8C5 = 8C3 = (8*7*6)(1*2*3) = 56 combinations.
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Stan H.
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