Ms. Lunette has 18 students in her class. She wants to send 3 of these students to pick up books for the class.

How many combinations of 3 students can she choose?

A. 6
B. 54 (I'm pretty sure it's this one)
C. 816
D. 4896

Question

Ms. Lunette has 18 students in her class. She wants to send 3 of these students to pick up books for the class.

How many combinations of 3 students can she choose?

A. 6
B. 54 (I'm pretty sure it's this one)
C. 816
D. 4896

anonymous · Answer

I need to get an answer for this in five mins. Is anyone on to help me??

ganeshie8 · Answer

http://www.wolframalpha.com/input/?i=18+choose+3

epoweritheta · Answer

18C3 =16*17*3=816

anonymous · Answer

thanks :) @ganeshie8 @epoweritheta

epoweritheta · Answer

@Rikki_dancer i dont agree with u , your resoning is flawed

anonymous · Answer

it is d, 18 x 17 x 16 is the equation because she first chooses from 18 kids, then their are only 17 to choose from, then their are only 16