SOLUTION: a group of seven mountain climbers wishes to form a mountain climbing team of five. how many different teams could be formed?

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Question 1076654: a group of seven mountain climbers wishes to form a mountain climbing team of five. how many different teams could be formed?
Answer by ikleyn(52864) About Me  (Show Source):
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The number of combination of 7 objects taken 5 at a time is

C%5B7%5D%5E5 = %287%2A6%29%2F%281%2A2%29 = 21.


On Combinations, see the lessons
    - Introduction to Combinations
    - PROOF of the formula on the number of Combinations
    - Problems on 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".