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OpenStudy (anonymous):

how many ways can a group of 3 students be chosen from a class of 30

Parth (parthkohli):

Do you know about combinations? You choose 3 from 30, so that makes 30 choose 3 or 30c3

Parth (parthkohli):

\(\Large \color{MidnightBlue}{\Rightarrow nCr = {n! \over (n - r)!*r!} }\) Here, \(\Large \color{MidnightBlue}{\Rightarrow 30C3 = {30! \over (30 - 3)!*3!} }\)

OpenStudy (anonymous):

what is !

Parth (parthkohli):

Here, we have: \(\Large \color{MidnightBlue}{\Rightarrow {30 * 29 * 28 * 27! \over 27! * 3!} }\) We cancel out the 27! \(\Large \color{MidnightBlue}{\Rightarrow {30 * 29 * 28 \over 3 * 2} }\)

Parth (parthkohli):

! means factorial.

Parth (parthkohli):

For example, 4! means 4 * 3 * 2 * 1 7! means 7 * 6 * 5 * 4 * 3 * 2 * 1 And just like that.

OpenStudy (anonymous):

4060?

Parth (parthkohli):

Yes. 4060.

OpenStudy (anonymous):

awsome

Parth (parthkohli):

hehe

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