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Five people want a photographer to take pictures...........How many different photos will the photographer need to take?

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Five people want a photographer to take pictures of every possible group of three of them.
How many different photos will the photographer need to take?

posted Jan 22, 2019 by Tapesh Kulkarni

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10 photos


Total number of combinations of 3 out of 5 ---> 5!/(3!*(5-3)!)=10

answer Jan 22, 2019 by Hanifa Mammadov



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