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#1 2008-03-28 21:04:12
- chetah
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Permutations and Combinations
A gym coach must select 11 senior players to play on a football team. If he can make his selection in 12,376 ways, how many seniors are eligible to play?
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#2 2008-03-28 22:37:01
- JaneFairfax
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Re: Permutations and Combinations
and solve for n. Obviously n > 11 so try integers from 12 upwards until you get the right answer.
By the way, Chetah: are you just posting your homework questions and asking us to do your homework for you? Its all very well copying the solutions we give but its much more important to understand the working behind the solutions we post. 
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