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Question 729648: how many ways can a baseball coach select four starting pitchers from a pitching staff of eight
Found 2 solutions by lynnlo, ikleyn:
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how many ways can a baseball coach select four starting pitchers from a pitching staff of eight
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This problem is about COMBINATIONS

    the number of choices = C(8,4) = %288%2A7%2A6%2A5%29%2F%281%2A2%2A3%2A4%29 = 70.    ANSWER

Solved.

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The answer in the post by @lynnlo is incorrect, so ignore his post.