Question

3. Selecting three desserts from eight possible choices on a menu. How

many choices are there if you determine a 1st, 2nd and 3rd rank. What are
the possible outcome? Show all evidence of understanding.

Answer 1

56 possible outcomes

Explanation:

Order does not matter in this case, so we will find all the possible combinations:

8 nCr 3 = 8! / ((8 – 3)! 3!) = 40320 / 720 = 56

Therefore, there are 56 possible outcomes.