Question

A car dealer just took delivery on forty new cars. He plans to put four of these cars on display at the front of the lot. In how many ways can the dealer combine four of the forty cars if order is not important?

45,695

1,096,680

2,193,360

91,390

Answer 1

To find out how many ways the dealer can combine four of the forty cars, where order is not important, we need to use the combination formula, which is defined as:

\[
\binom{n}{r} = \frac{n!}{r!(n-r)!}
\]

In this case, \( n = 40 \) (the total number of cars) and \( r = 4 \) (the number of cars to choose).

Plugging in the numbers, we have:

\[
\binom{40}{4} = \frac{40!}{4!(40-4)!} = \frac{40!}{4! \cdot 36!}
\]

We can simplify this expression:

\[
\binom{40}{4} = \frac{40 \times 39 \times 38 \times 37}{4 \times 3 \times 2 \times 1}
\]

Calculating the numerator:

\[
40 \times 39 = 1560
\]
\[
1560 \times 38 = 59280
\]
\[
59280 \times 37 = 2193360
\]

Now calculating the denominator:

\[
4 \times 3 \times 2 \times 1 = 24
\]

Now divide the numerator by the denominator:

\[
\binom{40}{4} = \frac{2193360}{24} = 91400
\]

However, it appears that 91400 is not present among the provided answer choices. Let's double-check the calculation of the numerator:

\[
40 \times 39 \times 38 \times 37 = 40 \times 39 = 1560
\]
\[
1560 \times 38 = 59280
\]
\[
59280 \times 37 = 2193360
\]

After recalculating, we still find \( 2193360 \). Dividing by 24 gives:

\[
\frac{2193360}{24} = 91400
\]

It looks like there might have been an error in interpretation of options since none matched. The closest option to our calculation of 91400 might be:
- None of the options matches, hence please verify the choices provided.

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