Problem 9
Probability
Level
1
If we are to select 5 ministers from 14 ministers to pose for a photograph, how many different groups of ministers can we select if the order doesn't matter?
Check out the set: Combinatorics .
The answer is 2002.
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1 solution
The number of ways to choose 5 ministers out of 14:
( 5 1 4 ) = 2 0 0 2