From 5 employees at a company, a group of 3 employees will be chosen to work on a project. How many different groups of 3 employees can be chosen?

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Addyson Henderson

Mathematics

25 April, 19:56

From 5 employees at a company, a group of 3 employees will be chosen to work on a project. How many different groups of 3 employees can be chosen?

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Yosef Mclaughlin · Answer 1

Based on the problem above the answer is 10. Below is the solution:

formula is 5! / 3! * (5-3) ! = 5*4*3*2*1 / 3*2*2 = 10 combinations

There are 10 combination that are from 5 employees taken 3 at a time.