Question

There are 6 girls and 7 boys in a class. A team of 10 players is to be selected from the class. How many different combinations of players are possible?

10

13

130

286

Answer 1

@amoodarya

Answer 2

total of 6 plus 7; need to choose 10

Answer 3

are you sure?

Answer 4

i CAN'T get this wrong

Answer 5

i wont pass if i do

Answer 6

@perl

Answer 7

@SolomonZelman

Answer 8

@sweetburger

Answer 9

@superman36

Answer 10

combination formula

number of choices = nCr = n!/(r!*(n-r)!)
where n = total number of people (13)
and r = the number of people on the team = 10

Answer 11

thank u so much!

Answer 12

welcome

Answer 13

thanks to u too :) @triciaal

Answer 14

FUTURE PLATO PEOPLE! its not 10!!!

Answer 15

does this mean you did not answer 286?

Answer 16

yea...

Answer 17

i put 10

Answer 18

both of u told me it was 10!

Answer 19

why on earth did you do that after saying how important it was to get it right!

Answer 20

u guys told me it was 10! lol

Answer 21

NO I DID NOT!

Answer 22

yea u did! xD

Answer 23

you have 13 to choose 10

Answer 24

so what was the answer!?

Answer 25

you are not reading slow enough!

Answer 26

286?

Answer 27

yes
as shown by the other response put in on the calculator using nCr
13C10

Answer 28

idk how to work that! omg

Answer 29

so sorry you got it wrong but now you know to slow down,

Answer 30

ik lol im gonna read super slow next time

Answer 31

stupid test xD

Answer 32

\[\left(\begin{matrix}6+7 \\ 10\end{matrix}\right)=\left(\begin{matrix}13 \\ 10\end{matrix}\right)=\\\left(\begin{matrix}13 \\ 3\end{matrix}\right)=\frac{13*12*11}{3.2.1}=13*2*11\]