Question

A manager is forming a 6 person team to work on a certain project. From the 11 candidates available for the team, the manager has already chosen 3 to be the team. In selecting the other 3 team members, how many different combinations of 3 of the remaining candidates does the manager have to choose from?

6
24
56
120
462

Answer 1

11 - 3 = 8
There are 8 remaining candidates.
Number of the combinations is:
8 C 3 = ( 8 * 7 * 6 ) / ( 3 * 2 * 1 ) ) 8 * 7 = 56
Answer:
C ) 56