Use factorials to solve this question.
When you are choosing multiple items out of a set, the permutation formula will be represented by the following:
![(n!)/((n-r)!)](https://img.qammunity.org/2019/formulas/mathematics/middle-school/8zsn91wmxw9lwnchb1goz7xr5yzz82fld3.png)
n represents the total amount of items, and r represents the number of items you're choosing from the set.
The stack has 7 items, and you are choosing sets of 2 items from the stack. Plug the values into the formula:
![\text{n = 7, r = 2}](https://img.qammunity.org/2019/formulas/mathematics/middle-school/5cbrrxr1ya385xzhbmhewa7jzvzn3bg1zi.png)
There will be 42 different combinations to choose from.