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Connie is packing for a trip. She has 17 pairs of jeans. If she has room to pack 6 pairs how many ways can she choose which jeans to take

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Answer:12,376

Explanation:

Given

Connie has 17 Pairs of jeans

She has to choose 6 pairs out of 17

We know, no of ways to pick r items out of n items is
^nC_r


\therefore \text{No of ways is =}^(17)C_6\\\\\Rightarrow (17!)/((17-6)!6!)=12,376\ \text{ways}

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