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Question 1104190: in how many way can 5 states be selected from the top 10 states with the most murders if the order of the 5 states does not matter?
Answer by ikleyn(52861) About Me  (Show Source):
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There are C%5B10%5D%5E5 = %2810%2A9%2A8%2A7%2A6%29%2F%281%2A2%2A3%2A4%2A5%29 = 252 ways to select 5 objects/items/elements from 10 objects/items/elements, if the order does not matter.


Here C%5B10%5D%5E5 is the number of combinations of 10 items taken 5 at a time.

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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".


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Free of charge online textbook in ALGEBRA-II
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