SOLUTION: ICE CREAM TRIPLE SCOOPER
A true triple – scooper of ice cream is three scoops, each of
different flavours, served in a dish. How many different triples
could you get at ice cast
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A true triple – scooper of ice cream is three scoops, each of
different flavours, served in a dish. How many different triples
could you get at ice cast
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Question 631248: ICE CREAM TRIPLE SCOOPER
A true triple – scooper of ice cream is three scoops, each of
different flavours, served in a dish. How many different triples
could you get at ice castles if ice castles serve 31 different
flavours of ice cream? Answer by solver91311(24713) (Show Source):
The number of combinations of 31 things take 3 at a time:
is the number of combinations of things taken at a time and is calculated by
Plug in the numbers and do the arithmetic.
Note: This only works because of the requirement that the flavors be different. If duplication of flavors were allowed, then the considerably larger number of possibilities would be calculated by
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