Three out of seven students in the cafeteria line are chosen to answer survey questions. How many different combinations of three students are possible?

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Answer:

35 possible combinations would be there.

Step-by-step explanation:

We have total of seven students we have to choose three out of those seven

[tex]^{n}C_r=\frac{n!}{r!\cdot (n-r)!}[/tex]

n is the total possibilities n =7 in the given case

And r is the chosen ones

Hence, r=3 in the given case.

Substituting the values of n and r in the formula we get

[tex]^{7}C_3[/tex]

[tex]\frac{7!}{3!(7-3)!}[/tex]

[tex]\frac{7!}{3!\cdot 4!}[/tex]

Using n!=n(n-1)----1

[tex]\frac{7\cdot 6\cdot 5\cdot 4!}{3\cdot 2\cdot 1\cdot 4!}[/tex]

Cancel the  common factor we get

[tex]35[/tex]  possible combinations would be there.