A company president randomly selects 5 employees to complete a survey. There are 50 employees in the company. In how many different ways can these employees be selected, if the order of selection does not matter?

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Jerimiah Mack

24 October, 09:14

A company president randomly selects 5 employees to complete a survey. There are 50 employees in the company. In how many different ways can these employees be selected, if the order of selection does not matter?

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Enrique Krueger · Answer 1

254,251,200

Step-by-step explanation:

This is a combination question, since the order doesn't matter, the formula for combinations is n! / (n-r) ! n is the amount of things we can choose from but r is the amount of things (employees in this case) we actually select. n = 50 and r = 5. This we get 50! / (50-5) ! or 50!/45!, using a calculator, we can find that 50!/45! is equal to 254,251,200. That is our final answer for the amount of combinations available.