College Algebra (6th Edition)

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ISBN 10: 0-32178-228-3
ISBN 13: 978-0-32178-228-1

Chapter 8 - Sequences, Induction, and Probability - Exercise Set 8.6 - Page 770: 80

Answer

See below.

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. So if we have $7$ CDs and we want to keep $3$ of these we can do this is $_7C_3$ ways.
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