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Eight different computer science books have been purchased to give to 4 students who won
Chapter 9, Problem 8(choose chapter or problem)
QUESTION:
Eight different computer science books have been purchased to give to 4 students who won a programming contest. If each student is to receive 2 of the 8 books, in how many ways can the 8 books be distributed to these students?
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QUESTION:
Eight different computer science books have been purchased to give to 4 students who won a programming contest. If each student is to receive 2 of the 8 books, in how many ways can the 8 books be distributed to these students?
ANSWER:Step 1 of 3
A combination is the choice of r things from a set of n things without replacement and where order does not matter.
Of course, in this case, we were assuming that the n elements in the set are distinct.