The special at a local pizza place says you can choose any 3 toppings from a list of 5. How many possible combinations are there?

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will there are 3 toppings and 5 all together and you add 3 & 5 = 8 so that makes 3/8 i think !

Axelle answered Mar 19, 2017

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The number of combinations of the 5 different toppings taken 3 at a time is:

$5C3=(5!)/(3!2!)=10\ possible\ combinations$

Harry Stuart answered Mar 21, 2017

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