a textbook search is considering 19 books for possible adoption. the committee has decided to select 5 of the 19 for furture consideration in how many way can id do so

2 answers

Number of ways to select 5 of 19 is
C(19,5)
= 19!/(5!14!)
= 11628

most calculators have that function built-in
look for something like

nCr
A textbook search committee is considering
16
16 books for possible adoption. The committee has decided to select
4
4 of the
16
16 for further consideration. In how many ways can it do​ so?