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15 September, 08:46

There are seven shuffled question cards left in a game. Kim has to pick two of them and answer them both correctly to win. What is the greatest number of different pairs of question cards she can pick?

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  1. 15 September, 09:03
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    The order does not matter so you use the "n choose k" formula ...

    n! / (k! (n-k) !) where n=number of cards and k equal the number you are going to choose ... so:

    7! (2! (7-2) !)

    7! / (2!5!)

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