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Lori's bookcase has 5 mystery novels and 8 romance novels. She randomly picks out 2 mysteries and 3 romances. How many different sets of 5 novels could Lori pick out?

User Amazingred
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Answer:

I would say 6 sets

Explanation:

Mystery = 5 | Romance = 8

0 5

1 4

2 3

3 2

4 1

5 0

each time she picks out 5 novels. There is only 5 mystery novels so you cant go past that

....but that's just me personally

User Sajjad Rezaei
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Explanation:

560

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