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John bought a machine to make fresh juice. He has five different fruits: strawberries,oranges, apples, pineapples, and lemons. If he only uses two fruits, how many differentjuice drinks can John make?

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Given:

Total number of fruits John bought is 5.

John chooses 2 fruits to make a juice.


\begin{gathered} \text{Number of ways that John make Juice=5C}_2 \\ \text{Number of ways that John make Juice=}(5*4)/(1*2) \\ \text{Number of ways that John make Juice=}10 \end{gathered}

10 different juice drinks can John make.

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