Question

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 game

Answer 1

Its acctually 36 jnioq54hmkdbf

Answer 2

The correct answer 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:

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