There are 12 members who are part of the student senate group. How many ways can the teacher supervisor choose three of them to attend a leadership conference?
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To do this, we can use the combination formula: nCr = n! / r!(n-r)! where n is the total number of items, r is the number of items to choose, and ! means factorial (i.e., the product of all positive integers up to that number). In this case, we want to choose Show more…
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