Question

Harpo, Groucho, Chico, Zeppo, Gummo, Karl, and Skid have won three tickets to the opera. They will randomly choose three people from their group to attend the opera. How many outcomes are possible?

Answer 1

35

Explanation:

This is a combination problem therefore we need to use the combination formula using factorials, plug in the values for n and r which would be 7 since there are 7 individuals in the group and 3 because we are making outcomes of 3.

C(n,r)=C(7,3)

=7!(3!(7−3)!)

=7!3!×4!

= 35

Finally, we can see that the total number of possible outcomes is 35