Question

@GoldEverything Could you help me out with this? Thanks!

Joel owns 12 shirts and is selecting the ones he will wear to school next week. How many different ways can Joel choose a group of 5 shirts? (Note that he will not wear the same shirt more than once during the week.)

a. 17 ways
b. 792 ways
c. 60 ways
d. 95,040 ways

Answer 1

The problem makes use of the concept of combination. Since Joel had to select 5 out the 12. The order here is not significant so long as he has chosen the five shirts. The expression would be 12C5 which is equal to 792. Therefore, the answer is letter B. 792 ways.