SOLUTION: I need help with my statistics class,A candy store allows customers to select 3 different candies to be packaged and mailed. If there are 13 varieties available, how many possible

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Question 658939: I need help with my statistics class,A candy store allows customers to select 3 different candies to be packaged and mailed. If there are 13 varieties available, how many possible selections can be made?
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I need help with my statistics class,A candy store allows customers to select 3 different candies to be packaged and mailed. If there are 13 varieties available, how many possible selections can be made?
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You are selecting groups of size 3. Order is not implied.
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Ans: 13C3 = (13*12*11)/(1*2*3) = 286
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Cheers,
Stan H.