Your field experience instructor wants to line up 7 cars for transportation to a grade school. Between you and your classmates, there are 29 cars available. How many different groups of 7 cars are possible? different groups

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Answer:

1560780 selections

Step-by-step explanation:

Given

Cars = 29

Selection = 7

Required

Possible number of selections

The interpretation of the question is that, in how many ways can 7 cars be selected from 29.

This is done using combination formula as follows:.

[tex]^nC_r = \frac{n}{(n-r)!r!}[/tex]

Where

[tex]n = 29[/tex]

[tex]r = 7[/tex]

So, the formula becomes:

[tex]^{29}C_7 = \frac{29!}{(29-7)!7!}[/tex]

[tex]^{29}C_7 = \frac{29!}{22!7!}[/tex]

[tex]^{29}C_7 = \frac{29*28*27*26*25*24*23*22!}{22!7!}[/tex]

[tex]^{29}C_7 = \frac{29*28*27*26*25*24*23}{7!}[/tex]

[tex]^{29}C_7 = \frac{29*28*27*26*25*24*23}{7*6*5*4*3*2*1}[/tex]

[tex]^{29}C_7 = \frac{7866331200}{5040}[/tex]

[tex]^{29}C_7 = 1560780[/tex]

Hence, the number of ways is 1560780