SOLUTION: 7. Show all work. Mary purchased a package of 18 different plants, but she only needed 12 plants for planting. In how many ways can she select the 12 plants from the package to be
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Question 366803: 7. Show all work. Mary purchased a package of 18 different plants, but she only needed 12 plants for planting. In how many ways can she select the 12 plants from the package to be planted? Found 2 solutions by amoresroy, stanbon:Answer by amoresroy(361) (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website! Show all work. Mary purchased a package of 18 different plants, but she only needed 12 plants for planting. In how many ways can she select the 12 plants from the package to be planted?
No. of ways = (18*17*16*15*14*13*12*11*10*9*8*7/12!
= 18,564
There are 18,564 ways Mary can select the 12 plants from the package to be planted
You can put this solution on YOUR website! Mary purchased a package of 18 different plants, but she only needed 12 plants for planting. In how many ways can she select the 12 plants from the package to be planted?
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Ans: 18C12 = 18C6 = (18*17*15*14*13*12)/(1*2*3*4*5*6) = 18564
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Stan H.
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