An astronomer wishes to measure on a photograph the distance between the image of a certain star and three other star images nearby. If eight images are nearby, how many choices of the three stars does he have?
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Number of choices: 8C3 = 56
An astronomer wishes to measure on a photograph the distance between the image of a certain star and three other star images nearby. If eight images are nearby, how many choices of the three stars does he have?