Answer:
7b-c²
Step-by-step explanation:
7times b is 7b reduced by the square of c means minus c²
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Answer: 680 different combinations</h3>
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Explanation:
If order mattered, then we'd have 17*16*15 = 4080 different permutations. Notice how I started with 17 and counted down 1 at a a time until I had 3 slots to fill. We count down by 1 because each time we pick someone, we can't pick them again.
So we have 4080 different ways to pick 3 people if order mattered. But again order doesn't matter. All that counts is the group itself rather than the individual or how they rank. There are 3*2*1 = 6 ways to order any group of three people, which means there are 4080/6 = 680 different combinations possible.
An alternative is to use the nCr formula with n = 17 and r = 3. That formula is
![_n C _r = \frac{n!}{r!*(n-r)!}](https://tex.z-dn.net/?f=_n%20C%20_r%20%3D%20%5Cfrac%7Bn%21%7D%7Br%21%2A%28n-r%29%21%7D)
where the exclamation marks indicate factorials