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Thank you gifts 2002-05-15
From Navi:
Children usually attend birthday parties where a thank you gift is given to the children who attent the party. a family likes to hand out books at thank-you gifts.

(a) One child invited to the party is given 2 books as gift. if there was 15 different books to choose from, how many diffrent gifts were possible?

Answeer: I did this way 15C2=105

(b) if the 15 books consisted of 8 nonfiction and 7 fiction, how many diffrent gifts were possible if at least 1 of 2 books were fiction?


Answered by Penny Nom.
 
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