There are 21 students in an Math 111 class at Schoolcraft. Suppose you wanted to determine how many ways there are to select 5 students for a group project. Would you use a combination or a permutation

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There are 21 students in an Math 111 class at Schoolcraft. Suppose you wanted to determine how many ways there are to select 5 students for a group project. Would you use a combination or a permutation

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Eric Gentry · Answer 1

Combination

Step-by-step explanation:

In this case the order of selection does not matter since we are concerned in the number of ways possible a set of students (5) can be grouped for a project, we are going to be using combination technique

In permutation the order of selection matters hence will not give the desired result