SOLUTION: At a party attended by 10 people, 5 identical door prizes are to be awarded to 5 randomly selected attendees. How many different possible groups of 5 winners are there? I think

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Question 1027491: At a party attended by 10 people, 5 identical door prizes are to be awarded to 5 randomly selected attendees. How many different possible groups of 5 winners are there?
I think this is answered by 10 x 5 x 5 = 250 but I am not sure.

Answer by richard1234(7193) About Me  (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website!
The number of possible groups of five is 10C5 ("10 choose 5").