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In how many ways can 5 people be selected from 11 to play on a basketball team

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This is the number of combinations of 5 from 11.

11C5 = 11! / 5!6!

a quick way to work it out is (11*10*9*8*7) / (5*4*3*2*1)

= 462 answer

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