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A certain legislative committee consists of 10 senators. a subcommittee of 3 senators is to be randomly selected. how many diffe

rent subcommittees are possible

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Rufina [12.5K]3 years ago

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Answer:

120 different sub committees are possible.

Step-by-step explanation:

This equals the number of combinations of 3 from 10, 10C3.

10C3 = 10! / 7!3! or we can work it out as 10*9*8 / 3*2*1 = 120.

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