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Hoochie [10]
3 years ago
13

Joe has one book each for algebra, geometry, history, psychology, Spanish, English and Physics in his locker. How many different

sets of three books could he choose?
Mathematics
1 answer:
Alisiya [41]3 years ago
3 0

Answer:

There are 35 different sets of 3 books Joe could choose

Step-by-step explanation:

* Lets explain how to solve the problem

- Combination is a collection of the objects where the order doesn't

 matter

- The formula for the number of possible combinations of r objects from

 a set of n objects is nCr = n!/r!(n-r)!

- n! = n(n - 1)(n - 2)................. × 1

Lets solve the problem

- Joe has one book each for algebra, geometry, history, psychology,

 Spanish, English and Physics in his locker

∴ He has <em>seven</em> books in the locker

- He wants to chose <em>three</em> of them

∵ The order is not important when he chose the books

∴ We will use the combination <em>nCr</em> to find how many different sets

  of three books he can choose

- The total number of books is 7

∴ n = 7

∵ He chooses 3 of them

∴ r = 3

∵ 7C3 = 7!/3!(7 - 3)! = 7!/3!(4!)

∴ 7C3=\frac{(7)(6)(5)(4)(3)(2)(1)}{[(3)(2)(1)][(4)(3)(2)(1)]}=35

∴ 7C3 = 35

* There are 35 different sets of 3 books Joe could choose

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