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You just got a free ticket for a boat ride, and you can bring along 2 friends! Unfortunately, you have 5 friends who want to come along. How many different groups of friends could you take with you?

User Bezet
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You would get a total of you count them by pairing them up. The combos are as follows:
For your answer you can count a total
1,5
1,4
1,3
1,2

2,3

2,4

2,5

3,4

3,5

4,5
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