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(a) A company that makes crayons is trying to decide which 3 colors to include in a promotional mini-box of 3 crayons. The company can choose the 3 mini-box colors from its collection of 70 colors. How many mini-boxes are possible?

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(b) From the 12 albums released by a musician, the recording company wishes to release 8 in a boxed set. How many different boxed sets are possible?

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(a) A company that makes crayons is trying to decide which 33 colors to include in a promotional mini-box of 33 crayons. The company can choose the 33 mini-box colors from its collection of 7070 colors. How many mini-boxes are possible?\newline \square \newline(b) From the 1212 albums released by a musician, the recording company wishes to release 88 in a boxed set. How many different boxed sets are possible?\newline \square

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Q. (a) A company that makes crayons is trying to decide which 33 colors to include in a promotional mini-box of 33 crayons. The company can choose the 33 mini-box colors from its collection of 7070 colors. How many mini-boxes are possible?\newline \square \newline(b) From the 1212 albums released by a musician, the recording company wishes to release 88 in a boxed set. How many different boxed sets are possible?\newline \square
  1. Color Combinations Calculation: To find the number of different 33-color combinations from 7070 colors, we use the combination formula:\newlineCombinations=n!r!(nr)! \text{Combinations} = \frac{n!}{r!(n-r)!} \newlinewhere n=70 n = 70 (total colors) and r=3 r = 3 (colors to choose).
  2. Color Combinations Result: Calculation:\newlineCombinations=70!3!(703)!=70×69×683×2×1 \text{Combinations} = \frac{70!}{3!(70-3)!} = \frac{70 \times 69 \times 68}{3 \times 2 \times 1} \newlineCombinations=54,340 \text{Combinations} = 54,340
  3. Album Combinations Calculation: For the boxed sets of 88 albums from 1212, we again use the combination formula:\newlineCombinations=n!r!(nr)! \text{Combinations} = \frac{n!}{r!(n-r)!} \newlinewhere n=12 n = 12 (total albums) and r=8 r = 8 (albums to choose).
  4. Album Combinations Result: Calculation:\newlineCombinations=12!8!(128)!=12×11×10×94×3×2×1 \text{Combinations} = \frac{12!}{8!(12-8)!} = \frac{12 \times 11 \times 10 \times 9}{4 \times 3 \times 2 \times 1} \newlineCombinations=495 \text{Combinations} = 495

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