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Re: Computing nCr how?

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  • Subject: [mg94843] Re: Computing nCr how?
  • From: Helen Read <hpr at together.net>
  • Date: Mon, 29 Dec 2008 06:34:20 -0500 (EST)
  • References: <gj55ge$c3k$1@smc.vnet.net>
  • Reply-to: HPR <read at math.uvm.edu>

Affan wrote:
> Hi,
> I know this sounds simple but I cant find the function in mathematica
> to compute nCr (i.e. number of combination for n obj chosen in groups
> of r). Can anyone help?
> 
> Thanks

If you search for "choose" in the Documentation, the first hit is 
Binomial, which is what you want; click on it for examples of its use.

-- 
Helen Read
University of Vermont


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