SOLUTION: How many ways can three finalists for a job be selected from eight interviewees?

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Question 1170056: How many ways can three finalists for a job be selected from eight interviewees?
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In C%5B8%5D%5E3 ways,  %288%2A7%2A6%29%2F%281%2A2%2A3%29 = 8*7 = 56.    ANSWER

It is about COMBINATIONS.

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On Combinations,  see introductory lessons
    - Introduction to Combinations
    - PROOF of the formula on the number of Combinations
    - Problems on Combinations
    - OVERVIEW of lessons on Permutations and Combinations
in this site.

Also,  you have this free of charge online textbook in ALGEBRA-II in this site
    - ALGEBRA-II - YOUR ONLINE TEXTBOOK.

The referred lessons are the part of this online textbook under the topic  "Combinatorics: Combinations and permutations".


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Free of charge online textbook in ALGEBRA-II
https://www.algebra.com/algebra/homework/complex/ALGEBRA-II-YOUR-ONLINE-TEXTBOOK.lesson

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