SOLUTION: Book selection. If a student can select 5 novels from a reading list of 20 for a course in literature, how many different possible ways can this selection be done?
Algebra ->
Probability-and-statistics
-> SOLUTION: Book selection. If a student can select 5 novels from a reading list of 20 for a course in literature, how many different possible ways can this selection be done?
Log On
Question 398170: Book selection. If a student can select 5 novels from a reading list of 20 for a course in literature, how many different possible ways can this selection be done? Answer by stanbon(75887) (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website! Book selection. If a student can select 5 novels from a reading list of 20 for a course in literature, how many different possible ways can this selection be done?
----
Ans: 20C5 = (20*19*18*17*16)/(1*2*3*4*5) = 15504
-------------
Cheers,
Stan H.
(