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OpenStudy (anonymous):

HELP PLEASE You have 5 friends who want to go to a concert with you, but you only have room in your car for 2 of them. To avoid accusations of favoritism, you have your friends draw straws: There are 3 long and 2 short straws, and the short straws win. How many possible pairs of friends could be chosen in this way?

OpenStudy (anonymous):

Let's simplify it and just say that you give two short straws to two of your friends. To how many different friends can you give the first straw? And after that, to how many friends can you give the second one?

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