SOLUTION: the number of ways 5 workers could be selected from 100 workers for an early lunch would be computed 5 to the 100th power 5*100 100!/95! 100!/5!95!

Question 1083525: the number of ways 5 workers could be selected from 100 workers for an early lunch would be computed
5 to the 100th power

5*100

100!/95!

100!/5!95!

Found 2 solutions by Edwin McCravy, addingup:
Answer by Edwin McCravy(20056) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!

That's "100 workers, Choose 5" or 100C5 sometimes written C(100,5) Look up the formula for nCr or C(n,r), the number of combinations of n things taken r at a time, and substitute n=100 and r=5. Edwin

Answer by addingup(3677) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
100 choose 5 or 100C5:
100!/(5!(100-5)!) = 100!/(5!95!)
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