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10th

GRADE
COMBINATION

-Arrangement or selection
made from a group of
items without considering
the order.
𝑛!
𝑛𝐶𝑟 =
𝑛 − 𝑟 ! 𝑟!
𝒏𝑪𝒓= Combination of n distinct objects taken r at
a time where r ≤ n
𝐸𝑥𝑎𝑚𝑝𝑙𝑒:

15𝐶 3 -Combination of 15 distinct objects taken 3 at a time

30𝐶 15 -Combination of 30 distinct objects taken 15 at


a time
Examples:

7C4 n =7 r =4
𝑛! 𝟕! 𝟕!
𝑛𝐶𝑟 =
𝑛 − 𝑟 ! 𝑟! 7C4 = =
𝟑! 𝟒!
𝟕 − 𝟒 ! 𝟒!
𝟕𝒙𝟔𝒙𝟓𝒙𝟒! 𝟕𝒙𝟔𝒙𝟓
=
𝟑! 𝟒!
=
𝟑𝒙𝟐𝒙𝟏
𝟐𝟏𝟎
=
𝟔

7C4 = 𝟑𝟓
Examples:

15C3 n =15 r =3
𝑛! 𝟏𝟓! 𝟏𝟓!
𝑛𝐶𝑟 =
𝑛 − 𝑟 ! 𝑟! 15C3 = =
𝟏𝟐! 𝟑!
𝟏𝟓 − 𝟑 ! 𝟑!
𝟏𝟓𝒙𝟏𝟒𝒙𝟏𝟑𝒙𝟏𝟐! 𝟏𝟓𝒙𝟏𝟒𝒙𝟏𝟑
= =
𝟏𝟐! 𝟑! 𝟑𝒙𝟐𝒙𝟏
𝟐𝟕𝟑𝟎
=
𝟔

15C3 = 𝟒𝟓𝟓
1. If the president has to choose 3 out of 22 members of the cabinet, in how
many different ways can he choose from the members?
n =22 r =3
𝑛! 𝟐𝟐! 𝟐𝟐!
𝑛𝐶𝑟 = 22C3 = =
𝟏𝟗! 𝟑!
𝑛 − 𝑟 ! 𝑟! 𝟐𝟐 − 𝟑 ! 𝟑!
𝟐𝟐𝒙𝟐𝟏𝒙𝟐𝟎𝒙𝟏𝟗! 𝟐𝟐𝒙𝟐𝟏𝒙𝟐𝟎
= =
𝟏𝟗! 𝟑!
𝟑𝒙𝟐𝒙𝟏
𝟗𝟐𝟒𝟎
=
𝟔

22C3 = 1,540
2. In how many ways can a principal choose 5 of their 30 teachers to
attend a conference abroad?

n =30 r =5
𝑛! 𝟑𝟎! 𝟑𝟎!
𝑛𝐶𝑟 = 30C5 = =
𝟐𝟓! 𝟓!
𝑛 − 𝑟 ! 𝑟! 𝟑𝟎 − 𝟓 ! 𝟓!
𝟑𝟎𝒙𝟐𝟗𝒙𝟐𝟖𝒙𝟐𝟕𝒙𝟐𝟔𝒙𝟐𝟓! 𝟑𝟎𝒙𝟐𝟗𝒙𝟐𝟖𝒙𝟐𝟕𝒙𝟐𝟔
= =
𝟐𝟓! 𝟓!
𝟏𝟕,𝟏𝟎𝟎,𝟕𝟐𝟎 𝟓𝒙𝟒𝒙𝟑𝒙𝟐𝒙𝟏
=
𝟏𝟐𝟎

22C3= 142,506
3. In a game, a player have to choose 6 numbers from 1 to 42 in no
order. How many possible bets are there?

n =42 r =6
𝑛! 𝟒𝟐! 𝟒𝟐!
𝑛𝐶𝑟 = 42C6 = =
𝟑𝟔! 𝟓!
𝑛 − 𝑟 ! 𝑟! 𝟒𝟐 − 𝟔 ! 𝟓!
𝟒𝟐𝒙𝟒𝟏𝒙𝟒𝟎𝒙𝟑𝟗𝒙𝟑𝟖𝒙𝟑𝟕𝒙𝟑𝟔! 𝟒𝟐𝒙𝟒𝟏𝒙𝟒𝟎𝒙𝟑𝟗𝒙𝟑𝟖𝒙𝟑𝟕
=
𝟑𝟔! 𝟔!
=
𝟑,𝟕𝟕𝟔,𝟗𝟔𝟓,𝟗𝟐𝟎
𝟔𝒙𝟓𝒙𝟒𝒙𝟑𝒙𝟐𝒙𝟏
=
𝟕𝟐𝟎

22C3= 5,245,786
4.In how many ways can committee of 5
persons be chosen from 7 single ladies and 9
men.

A. If there is no restriction? 16C5 = 𝟒, 𝟑𝟔𝟖

b. If all are single ladies? 7C5 = 𝟐𝟏

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