SOLUTION: there are 14 people in an office with 6 different phone lines. if all the lines begin to ring at once how many groups of 6 people can answer these lines please help, i don't eve

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Question 873247: there are 14 people in an office with 6 different phone lines. if all the lines begin to ring at once how many groups of 6 people can answer these lines
please help, i don't even know where to begin to help my son

Answer by ewatrrr(24785) About Me  (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website!
14 people: Groups of 6 (for whatever reason :) 14C6 = 3003 = 14%21%2F%286%218%21%29
Is Order Important?? 14P6 (They will be picking Up different Lines)
14P6 = 20,162,160 14%2A13%2A12%2A11%2A10%2A9 = 14%21%2F8%21