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Question 1142619: 100 People attended a conference. In how many ways can three graphing calculators be given to three people chosen from the 100 people? Answer by ikleyn(52890) (Show Source):
See how I edited the condition in order for the problem makes sense.
In how many ways can three identical / indistinguishable graphing calculators be given to three people chosen among 100 people ?
Solution
Since the calculators are identical / indistinguishable, the number of ways is equal to the number
of all subsets of 3 persons chosen from 100 people.
This number is the number of combinations of 100 items taken 3 at a time
= = 161700. ANSWER
