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If only the 8 fastest runners advance to the Olympics, how many different ways can the eight fastest runners be chosen from the whole field of 28 runners?

 May 2, 2015

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$${\left({\frac{{\mathtt{28}}{!}}{{\mathtt{8}}{!}{\mathtt{\,\times\,}}({\mathtt{28}}{\mathtt{\,-\,}}{\mathtt{8}}){!}}}\right)} = {\mathtt{3\,108\,105}}$$

 May 2, 2015
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28C8

 

$${\left({\frac{{\mathtt{28}}{!}}{{\mathtt{8}}{!}{\mathtt{\,\times\,}}({\mathtt{28}}{\mathtt{\,-\,}}{\mathtt{8}}){!}}}\right)} = {\mathtt{3\,108\,105}}$$

Melody May 2, 2015

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