A combination involves selecting elements from a set in a situation where order does not matter. For example, there are 3 ways to select 2 elements of the set \( \{ 1, 2, 3\} \): \( \{1,2\}, \{1,3\}, \{2,3\} \).
In general, to choose elements from a set with members, we use the binomial coefficient .
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