combinations: celia is going to plant a small flower bed with four flowers. she can choose from begonias, fuchsias, hellebore, daisies, and saliva. how many combinations of four flowers are possible.

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zepdrix · Answer

Hmm, I was never very good at combinatorics...
but this seems simple enough.

We have 5 different flowers, and 4 that we need to choose.

So 5 choose 4, ya?

$\large\rm 5C4=\dfrac{5!}{4!(5-4)!}$

zepdrix · Answer

Have you learned this weird combination stuff yet? :o

alexislove93 · Answer

no not all.... im right now studying for my ged and i didnt get to go this far in math before i had left school, its not hard but i didnt get really how you did it.

zepdrix · Answer

Ah, I got my GED long long time ago :)
Good choice.

Ok let's do it the easier way then.

zepdrix · Answer

|dw:1463083916837:dw|err this might not actually be easier, we'll see lol

zepdrix · Answer

we have to fill 4 flower beds,
we have 5 options for the first bed.|dw:1463083989089:dw|