College Algebra (10th Edition)

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ISBN 13: 978-0-32197-947-6

Chapter 10 - Section 10.2 - Permutations and Combinations - 10.2 Assess Your Understanding - Page 696: 54

Answer

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Work Step by Step

If we want to choose $k$ elements out of $n$ disregarding the order, not allowing repetition, we can do this in $_{n}C_k=\frac{n!}{(n-k)!k!}$ ways. The order doesn't matter here in the set of balls, thus we have to use combinations. a)Thus $_{15}C_{5}=3003$ b)Thus $_{15}C_{3}\cdot_{10}C_{2}=455\cdot45=20475$ c)Thus $_{15}C_{5}+_{15}C_{4}\cdot_{10}C_{1}=3003+1365\cdot10=16653$
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