Question

A mathematics journal has accepted 14 articles for publication. However, due to budgetary restraints only 9 articles can be published this month. How many ways can the journal editor assemble 9 of the 14 articles for publication?
A. 726,485,760
B. 14
C. 2,002
D. 126

Answer 1

you are being asked for the number of ways to choose 9 out of 14
this is written as \(\dbinom{14}{9}\) read " fourteen choose 9" and compute via
\[\frac{14\times 13\times 11\times 10\times 9}{5\times 4\times 3\times 2}\]
cancel first, multiply last

Answer 2

typo
\[\frac{14\times 13\times 12\times 11\times 10}{5\times 4\times 3\times 2}\]

Answer 3

excellent answer..its absolutely right..

Answer 4

So the answer is C

Answer 5

yes