Question

Movie Selections The Foreign Language Club is showing a three-movie marathon of subtitled movies. How many ways can they

choose 3 from the 17 available?

Answer 1

Explanation:

This is a beginning counting problem, or is it?

If order matters then the answer is

17P3 = 17! / (14!) = 17 * 16 * 15 = 4080

However if it does not matter then

17C3 = 17!/(3! * 14!)

680