Question

A time traveler can take 3 books with him, and he has 96 books to choose from. How many different ways can the books be selected?

Answer 1

Number of books he can choose = 3

Total number of books = 96

Number of ways the books can be selected is 96C3

= 96 ! / 3! *93! =( 96!*95!*94!)/3!

= 142880

• This means that there is ,142880, number of ways that the books can be selected .