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Question 821252: An ice cream store offers 30 flavors of ice cream. How many different triple-decker cones are possible? (Note: Assume that different orders of the same flavors are not different cones. Thus a scoop of rocky road followed by two scoops of mint chocolate is the same as one scoop of mint chocolate followed by one scoop of rocky road followed by a second scoop of mint chocolate.) Answer by stanbon(75887) (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website! An ice cream store offers 30 flavors of ice cream. How many different triple-decker cones are possible?
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Since order makes no difference
the answer is a combination.
Ans: 30C3 = (30*29*28)/*(1*2*3) = = 5*29*28 = 4060
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Cheers,
Stan H.
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