Question

The track team has 11 distance runners but can only enter five in the meet.
How many combinations of five runners can the coach create?

462
120
55,440
3,696

I think its C.55440

Answer 1

Exactly 11C5. In other words, \[{11! \over 5!(11-5)!}\]

Answer 2

If you want an actual number, this would be 462.

Answer 3

462 is the answer.