a shipment of 40 television sets contains 3 defective units. How many ways can a vending company can buy five of these units and receive no defective units

3 answers

There are 40-3=37 non-defective units.
Number of ways
= 37 choose 5
= (37,5)
= 37!/(5!(37-5)!)
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