Question

GARDENING A gardener is selecting plants for a special display. There are 15 varieties of pansies from which to choose. The gardener can only use 9 varieties in the display. How many ways can 9 varieties be chosen from the 15 varieties?

Answer 1

5,005

Explanation:

This is a combination problem. The formula for combination is:

nCr = n! / (r!(n-r)!)

Where n is the total number of items, and r is the number of items to be selected.

Using this formula, we can calculate the number of ways to choose 9 varieties from 15:

15C9 = 15! / (9!(15-9)!) = 5005

Therefore, there are 5,005 ways to choose 9 varieties from 15 varieties of pansies.