Subsets of 1 to 10 with two of the first three
Question
Count the subsets of that include exactly two of the numbers , , .
Short answer
. Choose which two of appear ( ways), then each of the other seven numbers is freely in or out ( ways): .
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- Counting and Combinatorics
- Sample Spaces, Events, and the Probability Axioms
- Conditional Probability, Total Probability, and Bayes' Rule
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