Stage 32 · Counting, Permutations, Combinations & the Binomial Theorem

32.3.1 What a Combination Is

32.3 Combinations: Only Who Was Chosen, Not the Order

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32.3.1 What a Combination Is

Core idea

Handshakes, picking a team: once the group is chosen you're done, and who came first makes no difference — selection without order is called a combination

Module goal. Tell combinations apart from permutations, master the combination formula and its two key properties, and solve combinations with restrictions plus simple distribution problems
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