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A student is told to work any 6 out of 10 questions on an exam. In how many different ways can he complete the exam? (The correctness of his answers has no bearing.)A) 1,000,000B) 24D) 5040C) 210

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Given:

Total question = 10

Work on question = 6

Find-:

How man different ways can complete the exam

Explanation-:

A number of ways of choosing 6 forms 10 is:


=^(10)C_6

So, the value is:


\begin{gathered} =^nC_r \\ \\ =(n!)/(r!(n-r)!) \end{gathered}

The value is,


\begin{gathered} =^(10)C_6 \\ \\ =(10!)/(6!(10-6)!) \\ \\ =(10*9*8*7*6!)/(6!*4!) \\ \\ =(10*9*8*7)/(4*3*2) \\ \\ =210 \end{gathered}

So the value is 210.

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