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

32.3.5 Combinations with Restrictions

32.3 Combinations: Only Who Was Chosen, Not the Order

Point 5 of 6

32.3.5 Combinations with Restrictions

Core idea

'Must include this person', 'at most this many': solve it either by sorting into cases directly or by 'total minus the ones that don't qualify'

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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