Ms. lewis has 20 students in her p.e. class.
she puts each student's name in a hat and will select
the names of 2 students at random as team leaders for
a volleyball game. how many different pairs of team
leaders could she choose?

Respuesta :

Considering the definition of combination, she could choose 190 different pairs of team.

What is combination

Combinations of m elements taken from n to n (m≥n) are called all the possible groupings that can be made with the m elements in such a way that not all the elements enter; the order does not matter and the elements are not repeated.

To calculate the number of combinations, the following formula is applied:

[tex]C=\frac{m!}{n!(m-n)!}[/tex]

The term "n!" is called the "factorial of n" and is the multiplication of all numbers from "n" to 1.

Different pairs of team leaders

Ms. lewis has 20 students in her p.e. class. She puts each student's name in a hat and will select the names of 2 students at random as team leaders for a volleyball game.

So, you know that:

  • m= 20
  • n= 2

Replacing in the definition of combination:

[tex]C=\frac{20!}{2!(20-2)!}[/tex]

Solving:

[tex]C=\frac{20!}{2!18!}[/tex]

C= 190

Finally, she could choose 190 different pairs of team.

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