Answer:
There are 12 ways to choose the first player, 11 ways to choose the second player, and 10 ways to choose the third player. However, this counts each group of 3 players 3 times, since the order in which the players are chosen doesn't matter. Therefore, the number of ways to choose 3 players from 12 is
3×2×1
12×11×10
=220.
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