Answer:
Option D is the correct option.
Step-by-step explanation:
When there is a ( + ) in front of an expression in parentheses , there is no need to change the sign.
That means, the expression remains the same.
Just remove the unnecessary parentheses
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Collect like terms and simplify
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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
where the exclamation marks indicate factorials