A basketball team has 9 players. In how many different ways can the coach coach select 2 players to be the captain for tonight's

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3 years ago

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2 answers:

diamong [38] · Answer 1 · 2022-06-22T06:30:51+03:00

7 0

Its acctually 36 jnioq54hmkdbf

Reika [66] · Answer 2 · 2022-06-22T07:54:13+03:00

Reika [66]3 years ago

7 0

The <em>correct answer</em> is:

36.

Explanation:

This is a combination of 9 items taken 2 at a time (order is not important). This is given by the formula:

$_nC_r=\frac{n!}{(n-r)!r!} \\ \\_9C_2=\frac{9!}{(9-2)!2!}=\frac{9!}{7!2!}=36$