Question
A carton contains 12 eggs of which 1 is bad. How many ways can you select 3 good eggs.?
Answers
henry2,
1,2,3
2,3,4
3,4,5
4,5,6
To 11,1,2.
11 different ways.
2,3,4
3,4,5
4,5,6
To 11,1,2.
11 different ways.
oobleck
do they have to be in sequence? Why not, say, 2,9,10 ?
Hassan
11C3=11!/(11-3)!3! =165ways