this one's also been driving me crazy: A bin contains individual salt and pepper packets. If 17 of the packets are chosen, how many ways are there to select at least 1 packet of salt?
a. 131233
b. 131062
c. 131271

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this one's also been driving me crazy: A bin contains individual salt and pepper packets. If 17 of the packets are chosen, how many ways are there to select at least 1 packet of salt? 
a. 131233 
b. 131062 
c. 131271

anonymous · Answer

i guess i don't understand the question because you are not told how many of each are in the bin

anonymous · Answer

it's a complementary counting principle. i'm not entirely sure how to answer this either :/