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There are 21 students in a class, and 6 of them will be chosen to go on a field trip. How many ways can these students be chosen?

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ANSWER:

54264

Explanation:

We can calculate the number of times by means of the combinations.


_nC_r=(n!)/(r!\cdot(n-r)!)

In this case r = 6 and n = 21, we replace:


\begin{gathered} _(21)C_6=(21!)/(6!\cdot(21-6)!) \\ _(21)C_6=54264 \end{gathered}

There are 54264 different ways to choose students

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