A government tax agency decides that it will audit the returns of 5 people from a group of 17. Use combination notation to express the number of possibilities and then evaluate that expression. What is the combination notation to express the number of possibilities? O 5P17 O 17⁹5 O 517 O 17C5

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Chapter6: Ratio, Proportion, And Probability
Section6.8: The Multiplication Principle
Problem 2E
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A government tax agency decides that it will audit the returns of 5 people from a group of 17. Use combination
notation to express the number of possibilities and then evaluate that expression.
What is the combination notation to express the number of possibilities?
O5P17
17P5
O 517
O 175
Transcribed Image Text:K A government tax agency decides that it will audit the returns of 5 people from a group of 17. Use combination notation to express the number of possibilities and then evaluate that expression. What is the combination notation to express the number of possibilities? O5P17 17P5 O 517 O 175
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Notation for combination:

nCr

Here,

n is the total number of objects

r is the number of favorable objects.

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