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Willie Wonka gives everyone who visits his factory 12 pieces of candy to take home. He never gives a person 2 or more pieces of the same type of candy. If Mr. Wonka has 23 different types of candy, in how many different ways could Mr. Wonka give a visitor his candy?

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Answer:1,352,078 ways

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Answer:

1,352,078 ways

Explanation:

In this question, we are to calculate the number of ways in which Mr Wonka can give his candy to a visitor.

This is a selection problem. Hence what we will be using is simply combination.

This is just a way of choosing 12 pieces of candy from a total of 23

Mathematically; 23C12 = 23!/(23-12)!12!

= 1,352,078 ways

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