How many subsets of four elements can be formed from

misurrosne

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2022-06-25

How many subsets of four elements can be formed from a set of 100 elements?

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seraphinod

seraphinod

Beginner2022-06-26Added 22 answers

Step 1
If we choose the four elements one at a time, then there are 100 possible choices for the 1st element, 99 for the 2nd, 98 for the 3rd and 97 for the 4th. Note that it does not matter what order the four items are chosen in, so we then need to divide the total number of choices 100 99 98 97 by the number of ways of arranging 4 items, namely 4 ! = 4 3 2 1
Step 2
The number of ways of choosing a subset of 4 elements out of 100 is:
100 C 4 = 100 ! 96 ! 4 ! = 100 99 98 97 4 3 2 1 = 3921225

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