SOLUTION: How many possible way can you randomly select two students from a class of six student

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Question 872193: How many possible way can you randomly select two students from a class of six student
Found 2 solutions by Edwin McCravy, ewatrrr:
Answer by Edwin McCravy(20054) About Me  (Show Source):
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Order of choosing the two doesn't matter, because picking 
John first and Suzy second is the same as picking Suzy first 
and John second.  So this is the combinations of 6 things
taken 2 at a time.

C(6,2) = 15

That's 6 nCr 2 on the TI-83 or 84 calculators.

Press ON
Press CLEAR
Press 6
Press MATH
Press the left arrow key once
Press 3
Press ENTER

You will see:

6 nCr 2         
               15

Edwin

Answer by ewatrrr(24785) About Me  (Show Source):
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6C2 = 15ways = +6%21%2F%282%21%2A4%21%29+=+6%2A5%2F%282%2A1%29