ten students volunteer to bake cookies for a sale. only 5 will be chosen to do the cooking. in how many ways could the baking group be selected?

Question

ten students volunteer to bake cookies for a sale. only 5 will be chosen to do the cooking. in how many ways could the baking group be selected?

Answer 1

Hi Mariana,

 

This is C(10, 5).

C(10, 5) = 10! / (5! (10-5)!) = 252