SOLUTION: An environmental agency will randomly select four houses from a block containing twenty houses and test them for lead paint. In how many ways can the selections be made?

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Question 862518: An environmental agency will randomly select four houses from a block containing twenty houses and test them for lead paint. In how many ways can the selections be made?
Answer by Fombitz(32388) About Me  (Show Source):
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First house they have 20 choices.
Second house 19 choices.
Third house 18 choices.
Fourth house 17 choices.
N=20%2A19%2A18%2A17=116280