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Teams of 4 from 20 people 2017-08-04
From Christopher:
math team has 20 people on the team but only 4 can enter the competition. The team captain has to pick 4 of them but he knows that he cannot put James, Bill or Todd on the team with one another or there will be problems. what would the formula be to find the solution to how many possible team combinations the are
Answered by Penny Nom.
 
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